Differences between English Words state and status

state: It is more commonly used and can be used in various states, but it focuses more on one mental state or one physical state.

Status: Used in people 1 is their status and status. When speaking of "state and situation", it refers to politics and business.

state tends to condition, which is a continuous state. status is often used to describe a certain stage in a process (phase), similar to C language enumerated variables a fixed value, this value belongs to a known set.

For example, Taobao buyers ask sellers, "What is the status of my online shopping now?" The background of this problem is that both sides of the speaker know that the transaction status includes "buyer purchases", "buyer has paid", "seller has delivered", "buyer has signed for" or "buyer has complained" and so on. These states describe different stages in the development of a thing. Moreover, the sequence of these stages is acquiesced by both sides.

So you can ask "What 's the status of my purchase?" It is not appropriate to use state here. If you use it hard, it may sound awkward from the sense of language.

It is more appropriate to say that state is used for the change of state of matter. If you say four states of a substance, you can say "solid state", but if you say "solid status", first, the combination of these two words is not like describing the state of matter, but more like saying "certain state (solid is ambiguous' certain/conclusive ')"; Second, even if this statement is not misunderstood, it is necessary to agree on a set of order of state change in advance. For example, heating this substance from solid state and then ionizing it may go through four stages: solid state, liquid state, gas state and plasma state. It is similar to defining enumerations first and then referencing them.

Extension:

In ajax, readyState, statusText, onreadystatechange, window. status How can state1 be status all faint

The states referred to by state are generally finite and enumerable, while status is indeterminate.

For example

readyState--that's 45 values

statusText-Descriptive text, can be arbitrary

onreadystatechange-then there is a change between 45 values

window. status-Descriptive text, can be arbitrary

For an image analogy, how many kilograms do you weigh belongs to status, but it is state to say that your weight is thin, normal or fat.