Win vs Steal - What's the difference?
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To conquer, defeat.
*1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:
*:For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one kny?t at ones / and therfore yf ye wille fyghte soo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille assigne / And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne / ye say wel sayd sir Vwayne / therfor make yow redy so that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
*1998 , Rhapsody, Emerald Sword
*:For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
(label) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
(label) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
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(label) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She is a woman; therefore to be won .
(label) To achieve victory.
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(label) To obtain (something desired).
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(label) To cause a victory for someone.
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To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:Even in the porch he him did win .
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:And when the stony path began, / By which the naked peak they won , / Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
:(Raymond)
gain; profit; income
wealth; owndom; goods
an individual victory (opposite of a loss)
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(slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail)
(lb) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
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*:"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.
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(lb) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
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*(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.
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To acquire at a low price.
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(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.
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*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.
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, title= 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
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A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
(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
Win is a related term of steal.
As nouns the difference between win and steal
is that win is pleasure; joy; delight or win can be gain; profit; income while steal is the act of stealing.As verbs the difference between win and steal
is that win is to conquer, defeat while steal is (lb) to take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.win
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Verb
Derived terms
* play to win * win friends * win upEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
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Derived terms
* winning * winnings * winner * for the win * you win * win back * win through * win round * win out * win over * win-win English irregular verbs English three-letter words 1000 English basic words ----steal
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Verb
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.}}
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 alsoAntonyms
* (acquire licitly ) receive, purchase, buy, earn * (provide freely ) donate, bestow, grantTroponyms
* shopliftSee also
* burglarize * burgle * confiscate * pickpocket * pilfer * steal awayNoun
(en noun)- At this price, this car is a steal .
