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I still notice this when I see `[verbal noun]する` instead of `[verbal noun]だ`.
While I understand the meaning of both, I'm missing the qualities that often
make する or がある seem to be a more natural choice in Japanese.

For example instead of:

> 国民の平均身長は栄養状態と相関 **して** いる。

I would want to say:

> 国民の平均身長は栄養状態と相関 **だ** 。

I'd probably ask:

> Windows 10はRaspberry Piと対応 **です** か？
>
> Windows 10はRaspberry Piと互換 **です** か？

instead of:

> windows 10はRaspberry Piに対応 **して** いますか？
>
> windows 10はRaspberry Piに互換 **して** いますか？

In the Windows 10 example, I see there could be an implication of Microsoft
provid **ing** something. But at times, as in the first example, it's not
clear why there's the emphasis on dynamicity (continous form 〜ている).

Are things as I'd do it in fact less natural?
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Understanding the subtleties behind [noun]する vs [noun]だ
You can interpret it as 『国民の栄養状態は平均身長と相関』だ but the 国民の栄養状態は平均身長と相関 part is
still imcomplete sentence.

Likewise, 「『Windows 10はRaspberry Piと対応』ですか？」

So, it's different from 相関している or 対応している.
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No subtleties, just grammar.

First, 相関 stands for "correlation" as noun and "to correlate" as verb. Now,

> × 国民の平均身長は栄養状態 **と** 相関だ。

It's an ungrammatical sentence because Japanese postpositions can't modify
noun by its own, contrary to English prepositions (but similarly to that of
Latin & Romance languages). Grammatical ones are:

> (a) 国民の平均身長は栄養状態 **と** 相関 **的** だ。 (turn into _na_ -adjective)  
>  (b) 国民の平均身長は栄養状態 **との** 相関だ。 (postp. + の make it noun modifier)  
>  (c) 国民の平均身長は栄養状態 **と** 相関が **ある** 。 (divert modifiee to a verb)  
>  (d) 国民の平均身長は栄養状態 **と** 相関 **している** 。 (use its own verb form)

But note that the meaning of sentence (b) is "The nations' average stature is
a correlation with nutritional status.", therefore doesn't equal what (d)
means.

If you talk about subtlety, well, the distinction between _na_ -adjectives
(adjective nouns or nominal adjectives, as you like) and nouns is rather
subtle but undeniably exists.

Likewise:

  * 対応 is a _verb or noun_ , but **not adjective**

> × Windows 10はRaspberry Piと対応ですか？  
>  ○ Windows 10はRaspberry Piに対応していますか？

  * 互換 is an _adjective_ (some people use it as a noun too?), but **not verb**

> ○ Windows 10はRaspberry Piと互換ですか？  
>  × Windows 10はRaspberry Piに互換していますか？
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