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stillness vs state

state vs stillness

stillness and state both are nouns.

stillness is not a verb while state is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stillness Yes No No No
state Yes No Yes No
As nouns, state is a hypernym of stillness; that is, state is a word with a broader meaning than stillness:
  • stillness: a state of no motion or movement
  • state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
stillness (noun) state (noun)
(poetic) tranquil silence the way something is with respect to its main attributes
calmness without winds a politically organized body of people under a single government
a state of no motion or movement the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the territory occupied by a nation
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
a state of depression or agitation
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container)
stillness (verb) state (verb)
express in words
put before
indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
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