| State | Government |
| (i) State is an abstract concept. | (i) Government is a concrete reality. |
| (ii) State is more extensive than a government. It includes all public institutions and all members of the society as citizens. | (ii) Government is a part of the State. |
| (iii) A State is permanent in nature. | (iii) A Government exists for a specific time period. |
| (iv) The State is an impersonal authority. It is politically neutral. | (iv) The government has an ideological agenda. It wants to implement policies to achieve that agenda. |
| (v) The State is a sovereign entity. | (v) The source of the authority of the Government is the State. |
