filament vs stem

stem vs filament

filament and stem both are nouns.

filament is not a verb while stem is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
filament	Yes	No	No	No
stem	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, stem is a hypernym of filament; that is, stem is a word with a broader meaning than filament:

filament: the stalk of a stamen
stem: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Other hypernyms of filament include stalk.

filament (noun)	stem (noun)
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current	a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)	front part of a vessel or aircraft
the stalk of a stamen	the tube of a tobacco pipe
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber	cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
	(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
	a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

filament (verb)	stem (verb)
	stop the flow of a liquid
	remove the stem from
	grow out of, have roots in, originate in
	cause to point inward

Difference between filament and stem

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