steal vs pirate

pirate vs steal

steal and pirate both are nouns.

steal and pirate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, pirate is a hyponym of steal; that is, pirate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than steal:

steal: take without the owner's consent
pirate: copy illegally; of published material

Other hyponyms of steal include abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, lift, rustle, shoplift, lift, plagiarise, plagiarize, bag, pocket, defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate, rob, cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve, walk off, hustle, pluck, roll, loot, plunder, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.

steal (noun)	pirate (noun)
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)	a ship that is manned by pirates
an advantageous purchase	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

steal (verb)	pirate (verb)
steal a base	take arbitrarily or by force
move stealthily	copy illegally; of published material
take without the owner's consent

Difference between steal and pirate

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