Verbs to state and to establish sound too similar and confuse me, so I am writing this entry to clear my mind.
TO ESTABLISH (transitive)
1. to start a company, organization, system, etc [= found]:
• On 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, representatives of 26 nations established the United Nations pledging their governments to continue fighting the Axis Power.
2. to begin a relationship with someone or a situation that will continue
• In spite of radiactions falcons and eagles have established healthy populations in the Chernobyl exclusion zone
• I hope the examples and explanations so far have helped establish the basis for understanding of regular expressions.
3. to find out facts that will prove that something is true. [= determine]
• Police must establish motive for journalist murder.
TO STATE (transitive)
1. to formally say or write a piece of information or your opinion. [= express fact, specify details]
• The CSS enhances the HTML page with rules that state how the HTML content is presented.
• I wrote down the software's requirements as they were stated in the last meeting.
• To write a computer program, you need to first state your goal and then list the tasks that need to be completed to achieve it .
• scripts states the events computer programmer wants web pages to respond to.
