Role and State

Role

Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

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State and role are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead a noun "Role".

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

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Role and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Role" instead a noun "State".

good	good role	good state
similar	similar role	similar state
usual	usual role	usual state
current	current role	current state
Other adjectives: original, true, single, small, entire, bad, former, final, next, last, different, previous.

While it's a private institution like all the other Ivies, some of its colleges receive state funding to support its role as the state's land-grant (i.e., agricultural) institution.

Source: The Last of These Is Not Like the Others
Quite literally the only character who isn't easily evangelized is the state governor, whose only role in the comic is to be a jerk to everybody for no reason.

Source: Easy Evangelism
Posthumous Character: Amanda Tyrell Psychological Horror: Sara's increasingly unstable mental state plays a huge role in the novel.

Source: Literature / The Red Tree 2009

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