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Pilfer vs Nab - What's the difference?

pilfer | nab |

As verbs the difference between pilfer and nab

is that pilfer is to steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft while nab is to seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive.

As a noun nab is

the summit of an eminence.

As an initialism NAB is

National Australia Bank.

pilfer

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

    • Derived terms

    * pilferage * pilferer

    nab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (nabb)
  • To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
  • To grab or snatch something
    • Synonyms
    * (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bust
    Derived terms
    * nabber * kidnap

    Etymology 2

    Compare knap, knop, knob.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The summit of an eminence.
    • (Halliwell)
  • The cock of a gunlock.
    • (Knight)
  • (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
    • (Knight)

    Anagrams

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