pocket vs steal

steal vs pocket

pocket and steal both are nouns.

pocket and steal both are verbs.

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

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

pocket: take unlawfully
steal: take without the owner's consent

Other hypernyms of pocket include rip, rip off.

pocket (noun)	steal (noun)
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles	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)
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck	an advantageous purchase
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
a small isolated group of people
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
a supply of money
an enclosed space
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

pocket (verb)	steal (verb)
put in one's pocket	steal a base
take unlawfully	move stealthily
	take without the owner's consent

Difference between pocket and steal

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