Rob vs. Steal
Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to learn about the slight details of these words. I present to you the differences and similarities between 'rob' and 'steal'.
What Is Their Main Difference?
Both refer to taking away someone's property without their permission. However, 'rob' points out the community, place, or people that have been stolen from, whereas, 'steal' refers to the object that has been taken away.
Differences
As mentioned above, 'rob' manly talks about the person, community, place, etc. that have lost an object. Check out the examples below:
The thieves
The bank of Spain was
'Steal', however, refers to the item that has been taken away from someone/somewhere. Look at the following examples:
Oh no! They
200 cars were
Similarities
As mentioned above, both refer to taking away what belongs to someone/somewhere. Check out below:
I was
My diamonds were all
Are They Interchangeable?
These two can never be used interchangeably because 'rob' cannot refer to the item that was being taken away. Compare:
✓ A group of masked thieves
X A group of masked thieves
As you can see, this one is wrong.