crook vs stealer

stealer vs crook

crook and stealer both are nouns.

crook is a verb but stealer is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crook	Yes	No	Yes	No
stealer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, stealer is a hyponym of crook; that is, stealer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crook:

crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
stealer: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

Other hyponyms of crook include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

crook (noun)	stealer (noun)
a long staff with one end being hook shaped	a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
a circular segment of a curve

crook (verb)	stealer (verb)
bend or cause to bend

Difference between crook and stealer

Words related to "crook"

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