State and World

State

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

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

World

World noun - Human beings in general.

State and world are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "State" instead a noun "World".

Nearby Words: worldly, worldling

How words are described

human human state human world
physical physical state physical world
similar similar state similar world
normal normal state normal world
Other adjectives: natural, perfect, present, current, original, true, dead, single, small, entire, primitive, mental, final, next, last, different, previous, modern.

Both words in one sentence

  • Police State The world of Judge Dredd is such a Crapsack World that if your city is just a police state, you're incredibly lucky!
    Source: Police State
  • World-Healing Wave When he's taken down for good, we get to see an entire world — the Digital World in its natural state, seen only in flashbacks until now — form from shiny barcodey lights.
  • Alternate History It's revealed in "Keystone Motel" that Pennsylvania is instead called Keystonenote one of the real-life state's actual nicknames in their world.
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