crook vs thief

crook and thief both are nouns.

crook is a verb but thief is not a verb.

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

As nouns, thief is a hyponym of crook; that is, thief 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
thief: 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, stealer, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

crook (noun)	thief (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)	thief (verb)
bend or cause to bend

Difference between crook and thief

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