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Purloining vs Stealing - What's the difference?

purloining | stealing |

As verbs the difference between purloining and stealing

is that purloining is present participle of purloin while stealing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between purloining and stealing

is that purloining is theft while stealing is the action of the verb to steal.

purloining

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • theft
  • * (Francis Bacon)
  • I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.

    stealing

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to steal .
  • (archaic, chiefly, in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
  • Verb

    (head)
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