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.
Branch
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividingSomething that divides like the branch of a treeA location of an organization with several locations.A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but smaller than a ward.An area in business or of knowledge, researchThe certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.To produce branches.To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.
Example sentence: I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.