State vs. Quality — What's the Difference?
Difference Between State and Quality
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State
A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances
The office was in a state of confusion.
Quality
The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something
An improvement in product quality
These colleges provide a better quality of education
State
A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development
The fetal state.
Quality
A distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something
He shows strong leadership qualities
The plant's aphrodisiac qualities
State
A mental or emotional condition
In a manic state.
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Quality
Of good quality; excellent
He's a quality player
State
(Informal) A condition of excitement or distress
Was in a state over going to the prom.
Quality
An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property
The medicinal qualities of a plant.
State
Social position or rank.
Quality
A personal trait, especially a character trait
"The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence" (George S. Patton).
State
(Physics) The condition of a physical system with regard to phase, form, composition, or structure
Ice is the solid state of water.
Quality
Essential character; nature
"The quality of mercy is not strain'd" (Shakespeare).
State
Ceremony; pomp
Foreign leaders dining in state at the White House.
Quality
Superiority of kind
An intellect of unquestioned quality.
State
The supreme public power within a sovereign political entity
The state intervening in the economy.
Quality
Degree or grade of excellence
Yard goods of low quality.
State
The sphere of supreme civil power within a given polity
Matters of state.
Quality
Investments that have a low risk of loss or default
The flight to quality.
State
A specific kind of government
The socialist state.
Quality
High social position
People of quality.
State
A body politic, especially one constituting a nation
The states of Eastern Europe.
Quality
Those in a high social position
Likes to associate with quality.
State
One of the more or less internally autonomous territorial and political units composing a federation under a sovereign government
The 48 contiguous states of the Union.
Quality
(Music) Timbre, as determined by harmonics
A voice with a distinctive metallic quality.
State
Of or relating to a body politic or to an internally autonomous territorial or political unit constituting a federation under one government
A monarch dealing with state matters.
The department that handles state security.
Quality
(Linguistics) The character of a vowel sound determined by the size and shape of the oral cavity and the amount of resonance with which the sound is produced.
State
Owned and operated by a state
State universities.
Quality
(Logic) The positive or negative character of a proposition.
State
To set forth in words; declare.
Quality
Having a high degree of excellence
The importance of quality health care.
State
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
A state of being
A state of emergency
Quality
(uncountable) Level of excellence.
This school is well-known for having teachers of high quality.
Quality of life is usually determined by health, education, and income.
State
(physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
Quality
(countable) Something that differentiates a thing or person.
One of the qualities of pure iron is that it does not rust easily.
While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.
Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.
State
A mess; disorder.
Absolute state
In a state
Quality
(archaic) Position; status; rank.
State
(computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
Quality
(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)
A peasant is not allowed to fall in love with a lady of quality.
Membership of this golf club is limited to those of quality and wealth.
State
(computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
Quality
(uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
State
(computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
Quality
(thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
State
(sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
Quality
The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
To identify quality try asking, "what does it feel like?".
State
(obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
Quality
A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
State
High social standing or circumstance.
Quality
Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.
We only sell quality products.
That was a quality game by Jim Smith.
A quality system ensures products meet customer requirements.
State
Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
In state
The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
Quality
The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank.
We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest quality.
State
Rank; condition; quality.
Quality
Special or temporary character; profession; occupation; assumed or asserted rank, part, or position.
I made that inquiry in quality of an antiquary.
State
Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
Quality
That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman.
State
A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
Quality
An acquired trait; accomplishment; acquisition.
He had those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding.
State
(obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
Quality
Superior birth or station; high rank; elevated character.
I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their traveling habits.
State
(obsolete) Estate, possession.
Quality
An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone;
The quality of mercy is not strained
State
A polity.
Quality
A degree or grade of excellence or worth;
The quality of students has risen
An executive of low caliber
State
Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
Quality
A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;
Each town has a quality all its own
The radical character of our demands
State
A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India.
Quality
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);
The timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
State
(obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
Quality
High social status;
A man of quality
State
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
Quality
Of superior grade;
Choice wines
Prime beef
Prize carnations
Quality paper
Select peaches
State
An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
Quality
Of high social status;
People of quality
A quality family
State
The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time.
State
(transitive) To declare to be a fact.
He stated that he was willing to help.
State
(transitive) To make known.
State your intentions.
State
(obsolete) Stately.
State
The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
State is a term nearly synonymous with "mode," but of a meaning more extensive, and is not exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent.
Declare the past and present state of things.
Keep the state of the question in your eye.
State
Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me.
State
Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes.
Can this imperious lord forget to reign,Quit all his state, descend, and serve again?
State
Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.
Where least of state there most of love is shown.
State
A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
His high throne, . . . under stateOf richest texture spread.
When he went to court, he used to kick away the state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.
State
Estate; possession.
Your state, my lord, again is yours.
State
A person of high rank.
State
The principal persons in a government.
The bold designPleased highly those infernal states.
State
The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.
State
A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic.
Well monarchies may own religion's name,But states are atheists in their very fame.
State
A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united under one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation.
Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state.
The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they found a state without a king, and a church without a bishop.
State
In the United States, one of the commonwealths, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stand in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealths, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.
State
Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
I do not, brother,Infer as if I thought my sister's stateSecure without all doubt or controversy.
We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our situation, might be called the luxuries of life.
And, O, what man's condition can be worseThan his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?
State
A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
State
Stately.
State
Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
State
To set; to settle; to establish.
I myself, though meanest stated,And in court now almost hated.
Who calls the council, states the certain day.
State
To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
State
The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state;
The state has lowered its income tax
State
The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation;
His state is in the deep south
State
A politically organized body of people under a single government;
The state has elected a new president
African nations
Students who had come to the nation's capitol
The country's largest manufacturer
An industrialized land
State
The way something is with respect to its main attributes;
The current state of knowledge
His state of health
In a weak financial state
State
The federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies;
The Department of State was created in 1789
State
The territory occupied by a nation;
He returned to the land of his birth
He visited several European countries
State
A state of depression or agitation;
He was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him
State
(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);
The solid state of water is called ice
State
Express in words;
He said that he wanted to marry her
Tell me what is bothering you
State your opinion
State your name
State
Put before;
I submit to you that the accused is guilty
State
Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.;
Can you express this distance in kilometers?
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