The difference between Purchase and Steal
When used as nouns, purchase means the act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.), whereas steal means the act of stealing.
When used as verbs, purchase means to pursue and obtain, whereas steal means to take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
check bellow for the other definitions of Purchase and Steal
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Purchase as a noun (obsolete):
The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
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Purchase as a noun:
An individual item one has purchased.
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Purchase as a noun:
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
Examples:
"They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink."
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Purchase as a noun:
That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
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Purchase as a noun:
That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
Examples:
"He was pleased with his latest purchase."
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Purchase as a noun (uncountable):
Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
Examples:
"It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer."
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Purchase as a noun:
The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
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Purchase as a noun (rock climbing, uncountable):
The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
Examples:
"synonyms: contact grip"
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Purchase as a noun (legal, dated):
Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Examples:
"rfquotek Blackstone"
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Purchase as a noun:
A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
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Purchase as a verb:
To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
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Purchase as a verb:
To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
Examples:
"to purchase land'', ''to purchase a house"
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Purchase as a verb:
To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
Examples:
"to purchase favor with flattery"
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Purchase as a verb:
To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
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Purchase as a verb:
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.
Examples:
"to purchase a cannon"
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Purchase as a verb:
To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
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Purchase as a verb:
To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
Examples:
"Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution"
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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."
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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."
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Steal as a verb (transitive):
To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
Examples:
"He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street."
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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."
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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.
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Steal as a verb (intransitive):
To move silently or secretly.
Examples:
"He stole across the room, trying not to wake her."
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Steal as a verb:
To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
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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.
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Steal as a verb (sports, transitive):
To dispossess
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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."
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Steal as a noun:
The act of stealing.
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Steal as a noun:
A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
Examples:
"At this price, this car is a steal."
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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.
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Steal as a noun (baseball):
A stolen base.
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Steal as a noun (curling):
Scoring in an end without the hammer.
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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.