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Robbing vs Pickpocketing - What's the difference?

robbing | pickpocketing |

As verbs the difference between robbing and pickpocketing

is that robbing is while pickpocketing is .

As nouns the difference between robbing and pickpocketing

is that robbing is robbery while pickpocketing is the act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.

robbing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • robbery
  • * 1985 , David-Hillel Ruben, The Metaphysics of the Social World (page 141)
    • Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.

    pickpocketing

    English

    Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)