could someone explain how it is that torpor is a noun?

Question

"He fell into a deep torpor."
If the sentence were: "He fell into a deep puddle." that would make sense as a noun. Isn't torpor a state, like anger? Which is also a noun. So more generally how can a state be a noun? Shouldn't a state be a verb?

Answer 1

It's a noun. Coma is also a noun. (He fell into a deep coma).

It's a state of inactivity, less than a coma, but similar.

Answer 2

state can also be a verb but with different meaning from one that functions as a noun. it means to express. just like frank said "i state my case of which i'm certain"



while torpor, on the other hand, functions as a noun only.

Answer 3

Torpor is the state of loss of the power to feel or move, not anger.

State in this case meaning, the condition in which a person is.

He was therefore in a state of not being able to feel or move.