Stalk
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The longish piece that supports the seed-carrying parts of a plant. A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone. (of wild animals) A hunt.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer. To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment. To walk haughtily.
Stem
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogue the shaft of a feather.A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.A vertical stroke of a letter.A vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music.The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To take out the stem from.To be caused or derived; to originate.To descend in a family line.To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
Example sentence: Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness.