Thief vs Curber - What's the difference?
thief | curber |
One who has carried out a theft.
(obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
Someone or something which curbs.
*1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 282:
*:they required him as a safeguard against the demon and a curber of other people's crimes.
A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.
*1977 , Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld , Folio Society 2006, p. 33:
*:Night was the natural time for the curber ’s activities and striking up an acquaitance with a serving maid was an invaluable way of getting a window left open or learning the exact layout of the rooms in the house.
As nouns the difference between thief and curber
is that thief is one who has carried out a theft while curber is someone or something which curbs.thief
English
Noun
(thieves)- (Bishop Hall)
