stem vs cane

stem and cane both are nouns.

stem and cane both are verbs.

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

As nouns, cane is a hyponym of stem; that is, cane 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
cane: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane

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

stem (noun)	cane (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment
front part of a vessel or aircraft	a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
the tube of a tobacco pipe	a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
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

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

Difference between stem and cane

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