steal vs roll

steal and roll both are nouns.

steal and roll both are verbs.

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

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

steal: take without the owner's consent
roll: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

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, pocket, defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate, rob, cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve, walk off, hustle, pluck, loot, plunder, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.

steal (noun)	roll (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 flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
an advantageous purchase	the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
	the act of throwing dice
	walking with a swaying gait
	anything rolled up in cylindrical form
	photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
	a list of names
	a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
	a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
	a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
	rotary motion of an object around its own axis
	the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
	small rounded bread either plain or sweet
	a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
	a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

steal (verb)	roll (verb)
steal a base	execute a roll, in tumbling
move stealthily	take the shape of a roll or cylinder
take without the owner's consent	show certain properties when being rolled
	boil vigorously
	shape by rolling
	pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
	arrange or coil around
	begin operating or running
	flatten or spread with a roller
	move by turning over or rotating
	move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
	move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
	move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
	cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
	move, rock, or sway from side to side
	emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
	sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
	occur in soft rounded shapes

Difference between steal and roll

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