Steal vs Rope - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between steal and rope

is that steal is to draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show while rope is to throw a rope around (something).

In intransitive terms the difference between steal and rope

is that steal is to move silently or secretly while rope is to be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

In baseball terms the difference between steal and rope

is that steal is a stolen base while rope is a hard line drive.

steal

English

Verb

(lb) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.

*:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal'. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't ' steal ."

To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

(lb) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

*(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)

*:Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly,and do not think to steal it.

To acquire at a low price.

(lb) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

(lb) To move silently or secretly.

*1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Ch.1:

*:"Did he take his bottle well?" Mrs. Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs. Flanders bent over and looked anxiously at the baby, asleep, but frowning. The window shook, and Rebecca stole like a cat and wedged it.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Man Utd 1-6 Man City , passage=United's hopes of mounting a serious response suffered a blow within two minutes of the restart when Evans, who had endured a miserable afternoon, lost concentration and allowed Balotelli to steal in behind him. The defender's only reaction was to haul the Italian down, resulting in an inevitable red card.}}

To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:He will steal himself into a man's favour.

To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.

To dispossess

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=February 12, author=Les Roopanarine, work=BBC

, title= Birmingham 1-0 Stoke , passage=However, until Gardner stole the ball from Dean Whitehead in the centre circle with the half-hour approaching, setting off on a run which culminated with a testing long-range shot - with debutant Obafemi Martins lurking, Begovic gathered at the second time of asking - Stoke looked the more credible contenders to break the deadlock.}}

Synonyms

* (to illegally take possession of) flog, (Cockney rhyming slang) half-inch, (slang) knock off, (slang) jack, lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, confiscate, convert * (to secretly move) sneak * See also

Antonyms

* (acquire licitly ) receive, purchase, buy, earn * (provide freely ) donate, bestow, grant

Troponyms

* shoplift

Noun

(en noun)

The act of stealing.

A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.

At this price, this car is a steal .

(basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.

(baseball) A stolen base.

(curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.

(computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs

Synonyms

* (merchandise available at a very attractive price) bargain

References

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs English transitive verbs 1000 English basic words

rope

English

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia rope)

(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.

Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.

(countable) An individual length of such material.

The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes .

A cohesive strand of something.

* {{quote-book, 2003, (Dennis Lehane), Mystic River, page=138 citation

, passage=Jimmy began to scream and ropes of spit shot from his mouth.}}

(dated) A continuous stream.

* {{quote-book, 1852, John Bourne, 3= A Treatise on the Screw Propeller: With Various Suggestions of Improvement, page=38

, passage=The principle of any such device should be to pull on the vessel by a rope of water passing in at the bow and out at the stern. }}

(baseball) A hard line drive.

He hit a rope past third and into the corner.

(ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.

(computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.

(Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.(jump)

* {{quote-book, 2001, , editor=Nagendra Kr. Singh, chapter=Review of Metaphysical Teaching, Encyclopaedia of Jainism, citation

, passage=The central strip of the loka , the Middle World, represents its smallest area, being only one rope wide and one hundred thousand leagues high,

(jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.

(nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.

(archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.

(slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.

(in the plural) The small intestines.

the ropes of birds

Synonyms

* twine, line, cord; see also * (jump) rajju, infinitude

Derived terms

* jump rope * know the ropes * learn the ropes * money for old rope * on the ropes * rope ladder * Rope Monday * rope tow * rope-band * rope-dancer * rope-dancing * rope-end * ropefull * rope-house * rope-like * rope-maker * ropemanship * rope-over * ropery * rope-ripe * rope's end * rope-sick * rope-tide * ropewalk, rope-walk * ropework, rope-work * ropey, ropy * rope-yard * show one the ropes * teach one the ropes * skipping rope * wire rope

Verb

(rop)

To tie (something) with something.

The robber roped the victims.

To throw a rope around (something).

The cowboy roped the calf.

To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.

* Shakespeare

Let us not hang like roping icicles / Upon our houses' thatch.

Synonyms

* (to tie something) tie, bind, secure * (throw a rope around) lasso

Derived terms

* ropable, ropeable * rope-a-dope * roped * roper * rope together

Anagrams

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