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Filch vs Pickpocket - What's the difference?

filch | pickpocket |

As verbs the difference between filch and pickpocket

is that filch is to steal, to illegally take possession of while pickpocket is to pick pockets; to steal.

As a noun pickpocket is

one who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

filch

English

Verb

(es)
  • To steal, to illegally take possession of.
    • Hey! Someone filched my noggin.

    Synonyms

    * lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, flog, (Cockney rhyming slang) half-inch, (slang) knock off, (slang) jack * See also

    pickpocket

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pick-pocket

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pick pockets; to steal.