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Stealing vs Borrowing - What's the difference?

stealing | borrowing |

As nouns the difference between stealing and borrowing

is that stealing is (uncountable) the action of the verb to steal while borrowing is an instance of borrowing something.

As verbs the difference between stealing and borrowing

is that stealing is while borrowing is .

stealing

English

Noun

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

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    borrowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • She is borrowing my pen.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of borrowing something.
  • * (Horace Binney)
    • Subscriptions, borrowings of money, taxings of the citizens and their property, may all be valid, as operations by virtue of laws for the government of the City
  • (linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

    • Related terms

    * reborrowing