stem vs halm

stem and halm both are nouns.

stem is a verb but halm is not a verb.

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

As nouns, halm is a hyponym of stem; that is, halm 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
halm: stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding

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, bulb, corm, branch, culm, haulm, bole, tree trunk, trunk.

stem (noun)	halm (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
front part of a vessel or aircraft
the tube of a tobacco pipe
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)	halm (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 halm

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