stem vs tube

stem and tube both are nouns.

stem and tube both are verbs.

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

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

stem: the tube of a tobacco pipe
tube: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Other hypernyms of stem include tubing.

stem (noun)	tube (noun)
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it	conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
front part of a vessel or aircraft	an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
the tube of a tobacco pipe	electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something	(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed	a hollow cylindrical shape
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

stem (verb)	tube (verb)
stop the flow of a liquid	place or enclose in a tube
remove the stem from	convey in a tube
grow out of, have roots in, originate in	ride or float on an inflated tube
cause to point inward	provide with a tube or insert a tube into

Difference between stem and tube

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