Stealing vs Taking - What's the difference?
stealing | taking |
(uncountable) The action of the verb to steal .
(archaic, chiefly, in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
alluring; attractive.
* Fuller
(obsolete) infectious; contagious
The act by which something is taken.
* 2010 , Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)
(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
(uncountable) An apprehension.
(countable) That which has been gained.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home […], foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
In uncountable terms the difference between stealing and taking
is that stealing is the action of the verb to steal while taking is an apprehension.As an adjective taking is
alluring; attractive.stealing
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(en adjective)- subtile in making his temptations most taking
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
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- Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.
- Count the shop's takings .