loot vs steal

loot and steal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
loot	Yes	No	Yes	No
steal	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, steal is a hypernym of loot; that is, steal is a word with a broader meaning than loot:

Other hypernyms of loot include rip, rip off.

loot (noun)	steal (noun)
goods or money obtained illegally	a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
informal terms for money	an advantageous purchase

loot (verb)	steal (verb)
steal goods; take as spoils	steal a base
take illegally; of intellectual property	move stealthily
	take without the owner's consent