state of affairs vs equilibrium

equilibrium vs state of affairs

state of affairs and equilibrium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
state of affairs	Yes	No	No	No
equilibrium	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, equilibrium is a hyponym of state of affairs; that is, equilibrium is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than state of affairs:

state of affairs: the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
equilibrium: a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

Other hyponyms of state of affairs include absurd, the absurd, acceptance, ballgame, new ballgame, challenge, childlessness, complication, crowding, disequilibrium, element, environment, exclusion, fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl, hotbed, inclusion, intestacy, picture, scene, prison, prison house, rejection, size, size of it, square one, status quo, thing.

state of affairs (noun)	equilibrium (noun)
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time	a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
	a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
	equality of distribution
	a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

Difference between state of affairs and equilibrium

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