status 指人時暗指相對的地位，指物時相當於 situation。situation 較狹義地指由環境綜合決定的特定時間上的狀態或情形。
state 人或物存在或所處的狀態，和 condition 大體上可以互換使用。condition 指一定的原因/條件或環境所產生的特定情況。
以 Recordset 為例
Recordset 具有 Status 和 State 屬性，說明二者還是有區別的。
Recordset.Status 表示進行批處理后，當前記錄的情況。結果有：操作被取消，結果未被保存；記錄被鎖無法保存……。
Recordset.State 表示 Recordset 對象是打開的，還是關閉的，還是正在執行異步操作。
再舉例子
最近的國際形式如何？status。
水在標准大氣壓下 100 攝氏度時是什么狀態？state。
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1162816/naming-conventions-state-versus-status
It depends on the context State generally refers to the entire state of an entity - all its values and relationships at a particular point in time (usually, current) Status is more of a time-point, say, where something is at in a process or workflow - is it dirty (therefore requiring saving), is it complete, is it pending input, etc
這取決於使用環境。 State一般囊括了一個實體的所有狀態。 Status更像是一個時間點，比如在一個流程中，這個對象是dirty、complete或者pending input等等。
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/12958/status-vs-state
Can anyone explain what the difference between status and state is when I talk about the condition or situation of an object?
Here's what I got from Longman English Dictionary.
status: a situation at a particular time, especially in an argument, discussion etc.
state: the physical or mental condition that someone or something is in
or example, how do you interpret these two sentences:
What is the current status of this project?
What is the current state of this project?