sum vs state

sum and state both are nouns.

sum and state both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sum	Yes	No	Yes	No
state	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, state is a hypernym of sum; that is, state is a word with a broader meaning than sum:

sum: be a summary of
state: express in words

Other hypernyms of sum include say, tell.

sum (noun)	state (noun)
the whole amount	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	a politically organized body of people under a single government
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers	the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state
the final aggregate	the territory occupied by a nation
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets	the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
a quantity of money	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)

sum (verb)	state (verb)
determine the sum of	express in words
be a summary of	put before
	indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

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