General and State

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

State and general are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead an adjective "General".

State

State noun - A body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government.

General and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead an adjective "State".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Stopped Caring The state of Shu had been in decline for some time due to rampant corruption within the court and the general Jiang Wei's repeated and futile attacks on the much larger state of Wei.
  • Useful Notes / American Political System There's a lot of variation from state to state here (Connecticut and Massachusetts have no county governments, while Hawaii has no municipal governments), so this is just a general overview.
  • Civil War In Transformers in general, the default state of Cybertron seems to be a state of civil war to provide a reason for robots to shoot each other.
    Source: Civil War
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