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Thief vs Piller - What's the difference?

thief | piller |

As nouns the difference between thief and piller

is that thief is one who has carried out a theft while piller is (label) a plunderer or thief.

thief

English

Noun

(thieves)
  • One who has carried out a theft.
  • (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
    • (Bishop Hall)

    Hyponyms

    * burglar * cat burglar * mugger * robber * pickpocket

    Related terms

    * thieve * thief in law

    Derived terms

    * *

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals

    piller

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pyllour

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A plunderer or thief.
  • *:
    • Thenne he horsed his bretheren ageyne and sayd bretheren ye oughte to be ashamed to falle so of your horses / What is a Knyght but whan he is on horsbak / I sett not by a knyght whanne he is on foote / for all batails on fote ar but pelowres batails / For there shold no Knyghte syghte on foote / but yf hit were for treason / or els he were dryuen therto by force
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