stemma vs sept

stemma and sept both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stemma	Yes	No	No	No
sept	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sept is a hyponym of stemma; that is, sept is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stemma:

Other hyponyms of stemma include family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, side, breed line.

stemma (noun)	sept (noun)
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