slat vs stave

slat and stave both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slat	Yes	No	Yes	No
stave	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, stave is a hyponym of slat; that is, stave is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slat:

slat: a thin strip (wood or metal)
stave: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

Other hyponyms of slat include lath, fin, louver, louvre, splat, lag.

slat (noun)	stave (noun)
a thin strip (wood or metal)	one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
	a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
	(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

slat (verb)	stave (verb)
close the slats of (windows)	burst or force (a hole) into something
equip or bar with slats	furnish with staves