culm vs stalk
stalk vs culmculm and stalk both are nouns.
culm is not a verb while stalk is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| culm | Yes | No | No | No |
| stalk | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
stalk is a hypernym of
culm; that is, stalk is a
word with a broader meaning than culm:
- culm: stem of plants of the Gramineae
- stalk: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Other hypernyms of culm include
stem.
| culm (noun) | stalk (noun) |
|---|---|
| stem of plants of the Gramineae | a stiff or threatening gait |
| the act of following prey stealthily | |
| a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | |
| a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ | |
| material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds |
| culm (verb) | stalk (verb) |
|---|---|
| walk stiffly | |
| follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to | |
| go through (an area) in search of prey |
Words related to "stalk"
- angry walk
- axis
- beanstalk
- bole
- bran
- branch
- bulb
- cane
- carpophore
- caudex
- chaff
- chase
- cladode
- cladophyll
- corm
- corn stalk
- cornstalk
- culm
- cutting
- deerstalking
- filament
- flower stalk
- follow
- following
- funicle
- funiculus
- gait
- gynophore
- halm
- haulm
- haunt
- hunt
- hunting
- husk
- internode
- leaf node
- leafstalk
- node
- petiole
- petiolule
- phylloclad
- phylloclade
- plant material
- plant organ
- plant substance
- pursual
- pursue
- pursuit
- receptacle
- rhizome
- rootstalk
- rootstock
- scape
- shuck
- slip
- sporangiophore
- stalker
- stalking
- stem
- still hunt
- stipe
- stock
- straw
- stubble
- tree trunk
- trunk
- tuber
- walk
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