Friday, 6 November 2015

word choice - to emanate from vs to stem from

Are the words to emanate from and to stem from synonym in the following sense? Do you think I can swap with each other without changing the meaning of the following sentences ?



1 (Of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or spread out from (a source): warmth emanated from the fireplace she felt an undeniable charm emanating from him



1.1 Originate from; be produced by: the proposals emanated from a committee
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1.2 [with object] Give out or emit (a feeling, quality, or sensation): he emanated a powerful brooding air



http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/emanate




[no object] (stem from) Originate in or be caused by: many of the universities' problems stem from rapid expansion



http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/stem

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