sum up vs state

state vs sum up

sum up is not a noun while state is a noun.

sum up and state both are verbs.

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

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

sum up: be a summary of
state: express in words

Other hypernyms of sum up include say, tell.

sum up (noun)	state (noun)
	the way something is with respect to its main attributes
	a politically organized body of people under a single government
	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)

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

Difference between sum up and state

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