Par and State of affairs

Par noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

State of affairs and par are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State of affairs" instead a noun "Par".

State of affairs noun - The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time.

Par and state of affairs are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Par" instead a noun phrase "State of affairs".