status 指人时暗指相对的地位，指物时相当于 situation。situation 较狭义地指由环境综合决定的特定时间上的状态或情形。
state 人或物存在或所处的状态，和 condition 大体上可以互换使用。condition 指一定的原因/条件或环境所产生的特定情况。
以 Recordset 为例
Recordset 具有 Status 和 State 属性，说明二者还是有区别的。
Recordset.Status 表示进行批处理后，当前记录的情况。结果有：操作被取消，结果未被保存；记录被锁无法保存……。
Recordset.State 表示 Recordset 对象是打开的，还是关闭的，还是正在执行异步操作。
再举例子
最近的国际形式如何？status。
水在标准大气压下 100 摄氏度时是什么状态？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
这取决于使用环境。 State一般囊括了一个实体的所有状态。 Status更像是一个时间点，比如在一个流程中，这个对象是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?