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stem vs shank

shank vs stem

stem and shank both are nouns.

stem and shank both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stem Yes No Yes No
shank Yes No Yes No
As nouns, stem and shank are synonyms defined as:
  • stem and shank: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
stem (noun) shank (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
front part of a vessel or aircraft lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
the tube of a tobacco pipe the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
stem (verb) shank (verb)
stop the flow of a liquid hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
remove the stem from
grow out of, have roots in, originate in
cause to point inward
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