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Enum vs string const class

I have a string property, which will accept some kind of enum
Is it better to have a proper
Enum
Enum
and call
ToString()
ToString()
when setting the property (
public enum StatusEnum
public enum StatusEnum
and set it
p1 = StatusEnum.Status1.ToString()
p1 = StatusEnum.Status1.ToString()
), or should I have a static class which will have constants, something like this
public static class StatusEnum
{
    public const string Status1 = "1";
public static class StatusEnum
{
    public const string Status1 = "1";
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