embezzlement vs stealing

embezzlement and stealing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embezzlement	Yes	No	No	No
stealing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, stealing is a hypernym of embezzlement; that is, stealing is a word with a broader meaning than embezzlement:

embezzlement: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
stealing: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

Other hypernyms of embezzlement include larceny, theft, thievery, thieving.

embezzlement (noun)	stealing (noun)
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else	the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
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