steal vs pocket

pocket vs steal

steal and pocket both are nouns.

steal and pocket both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of steal include abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, lift, rustle, shoplift, pirate, lift, plagiarise, plagiarize, bag, 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)	pocket (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 small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
an advantageous purchase	an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
	(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

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

Difference between steal and pocket

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