ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Stemming

Stemming is like a magic trick that helps us understand lots of different words that mean almost the same thing by simplifying them to their basic form. Just like how a magician can change one big thing into smaller pieces, stemming can turn lots of different words into just one simple word.

For example, if we take the words "growing", "grows", and "grower", they all have the same basic idea of "grow". By using stemming, we can change them all to just "grow". This makes it easier for computers to understand what we mean when we search for things online or when we try to organize information.

So, stemming is like a special tool that helps us find lots of different words that are really the same thing by making them simpler and easier to read and understand.