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Stemming vs Lemma - What's the difference?

stemming | lemma |

As nouns the difference between stemming and lemma

is that stemming is (nautical) movement against a current, especially a tidal current while lemma is lemma (mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition).

As a verb stemming

is .

stemming

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (nautical) Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
  • A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
  • (rock climbing) The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.
  • lemma

    English

    (wikipedia lemma)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  • (linguistics, usually) The canonical form of an inflected word; ie the form usually found in dictionaries.
  • (linguistics, less frequently) A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.
  • (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
  • Synonyms

    * (linguistics: canonical form of a term) citation form

    See also

    * basic form * canonical form * citation form * dictionary form * headword