stave vs slat

stave and slat both are nouns.

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

As nouns, slat is a hypernym of stave; that is, slat is a word with a broader meaning than stave:

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

Other hypernyms of stave include spline.

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

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