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States vs Countries - What's the difference?

states | countries |

As a proper noun states

is (informal|with definite article) the united states.

As a noun countries is

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states

English

Noun

(head)

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    (head)
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    countries

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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  • *{{quote-magazine, title=Towards the end of poverty
    • , date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}

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