pirate vs thief

thief vs pirate

pirate and thief both are nouns.

pirate is a verb but thief is not a verb.

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

As nouns, thief is a hypernym of pirate; that is, thief is a word with a broader meaning than pirate:

pirate: someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
thief: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

Other hypernyms of pirate include stealer.

pirate (noun)	thief (noun)
a ship that is manned by pirates	a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

pirate (verb)	thief (verb)
take arbitrarily or by force
copy illegally; of published material

Difference between pirate and thief

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