stem vs cylinder

cylinder vs stem

stem and cylinder both are nouns.

stem is a verb but cylinder is not a verb.

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

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

stem: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
cylinder: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line

stem (noun)	cylinder (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
front part of a vessel or aircraft	a chamber within which piston moves
the tube of a tobacco pipe	a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something	a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
(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)	cylinder (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 cylinder

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