stem vs nail

stem and nail both are nouns.

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

stem (noun)	nail (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
front part of a vessel or aircraft	horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
the tube of a tobacco pipe	a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
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)	nail (verb)
stop the flow of a liquid	complete a pass
remove the stem from	attach something somewhere by means of nails
grow out of, have roots in, originate in	take into custody
cause to point inward	hit with great force
	locate exactly
	succeed at easily
	succeed in obtaining a position