stem vs petiole

petiole vs stem

stem and petiole both are nouns.

stem is a verb but petiole is not a verb.

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

As nouns, petiole is a hyponym of stem; that is, petiole 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
petiole: the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf

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

stem (noun)	petiole (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
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)	petiole (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 petiole

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