halm vs stem

halm and stem both are nouns.

halm is not a verb while stem is a verb.

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

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

halm: stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
stem: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Other hypernyms of halm include stalk.

halm (noun)	stem (noun)
stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding	a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
	front part of a vessel or aircraft
	the tube of a tobacco pipe
	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

halm (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 halm and stem

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