Stem is a term which is commonly used for the uninflected part of a word. A stem is a morphological constituent to which affixes may be attached or to which morphological operations may be applied. "A stem is any morpheme or combination of morphemes to which an affix can be added." (

What is stem in morphology?

In English grammar and morphology, a stem is the form of a word before any inflectional affixes are added. In English, most stems also qualify as words. The term base is commonly used by linguists to refer to any stem (or root) to which an affix is attached.

What is stem and base in morphology?

A base is simply any form to which can be added an affix (any derivational or inflectional morpheme). A root is the morpheme that carries the major component of the word's meaning and which belongs to a lexical category. A stem is a base to which an inflectional affix is added.