The difference between Deal and Steal

When used as nouns, deal means a division, a portion, a share, whereas steal means the act of stealing.

When used as verbs, deal means to distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share, whereas steal means to take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.

Deal is also adjective with the meaning: made of deal.

check bellow for the other definitions of Deal and Steal

  1. Deal as a noun (obsolete):

    A division, a portion, a share.

    Examples:

    "We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king."

  2. Deal as a noun (often followed by ''of''):

    An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by or ).

    Examples:

    "synonyms: batch flock good deagreat deahatfuheap load lot mass mess mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew"

  1. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share.

    Examples:

    "The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory."

  2. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To administer or give out, as in small portions.

  3. Deal as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To distribute cards to the players in a game.

    Examples:

    "I was dealt four aces."

    "The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt."

  4. Deal as a verb (baseball):

    To pitch.

    Examples:

    "The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger."

  5. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To have dealings or business.

  6. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To conduct oneself, to behave.

  7. Deal as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To take action; to act.

  8. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To trade professionally (followed by in).

    Examples:

    "She deals in gold."

  9. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

    Examples:

    "This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs."

  10. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To be concerned with.

  11. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To handle, to manage, to cope.

    Examples:

    "I can't deal with this."

    "I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal."

  1. Deal as a noun (archaic, _, in general sense):

    An act of dealing or sharing out.

  2. Deal as a noun:

    The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

    Examples:

    "I didn’t have a good deal all evening."

    "I believe it's your deal."

  3. Deal as a noun:

    A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction

    Examples:

    "We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight."

  4. Deal as a noun:

    Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

  5. Deal as a noun:

    An agreement between parties; an arrangement

    Examples:

    "He made a deal with the devil."

  6. Deal as a noun (informal):

    A situation, occasion, or event.

    Examples:

    "What's the deal?"

  7. Deal as a noun (informal):

    A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

    Examples:

    "The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork."

  1. Deal as a noun (uncountable):

    Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

  2. Deal as a noun (countable):

    A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

  3. Deal as a noun (countable, archaic):

    A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

  1. Deal as an adjective:

    Made of deal.

    Examples:

    "A plain deal table"

  1. Steal as a verb (transitive):

    To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.

    Examples:

    "Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery."

  2. Steal as a verb (transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.):

    To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

    Examples:

    "They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer."

  3. Steal as a verb (transitive):

    To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

    Examples:

    "He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street."

  4. Steal as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To acquire at a low price.

    Examples:

    "He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value."

  5. Steal as a verb (transitive):

    To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

  6. Steal as a verb (intransitive):

    To move silently or secretly.

    Examples:

    "He stole across the room, trying not to wake her."

  7. Steal as a verb:

    To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.

  8. Steal as a verb (transitive, baseball):

    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.

  9. Steal as a verb (sports, transitive):

    To dispossess

  10. Steal as a verb (humorous, transitive):

    To acquire; to get

    Examples:

    "Hold on, I need to steal a phone from the office. I'll be back real quick."

  1. Steal as a noun:

    The act of stealing.

  2. Steal as a noun:

    A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.

    Examples:

    "At this price, this car is a steal."

  3. Steal as a noun (basketball, ice hockey):

    A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.

  4. Steal as a noun (baseball):

    A stolen base.

  5. Steal as a noun (curling):

    Scoring in an end without the hammer.

  6. Steal as a noun (computing):

    A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.

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