stem vs bulb

stem and bulb both are nouns.

stem is a verb but bulb is not a verb.

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

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

stem: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
bulb: a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure

Other hyponyms of stem include gynophore, carpophore, corn stalk, cornstalk, filament, funicle, funiculus, petiolule, cane, sporangiophore, cutting, slip, tuber, rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock, axis, caudex, beanstalk, cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade, caudex, stock, stipe, flower stalk, scape, leafstalk, petiole, corm, branch, culm, halm, haulm, bole, tree trunk, trunk.

stem (noun)	bulb (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
front part of a vessel or aircraft	a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
the tube of a tobacco pipe	a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something	lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed	a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ	anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop

stem (verb)	bulb (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 stem and bulb

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