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Mugger vs Pickpocketing - What's the difference?

mugger | pickpocketing |

As nouns the difference between mugger and pickpocketing

is that mugger is a street robber while pickpocketing is the act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.

As a verb pickpocketing is

present participle of lang=en.

mugger

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A street robber.
  • A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large crocodile Crocodilus palustris of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
  • pickpocketing

    English

    Noun

  • The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.
  • Verb

    (head)