2006-06-15 05:14:25 · 17 answers · asked by letil2000 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Thief: One who steals, especially by stealth.
Burglar: a thief who enters a building with intent to steal.
2006-06-15 05:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by erin7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thief is the general word, burglar is the thief who breaks into a property to steal.
2006-06-15 05:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by sweet_foxxy_n_divine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thief is anyone who steals and a burglar is someone who steals from your home so therefore a burglar is a kind of thief!
2006-06-15 05:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by emmittnervend 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thief just steals things in general.
A burglar breaks into an establishment of some sort, whether it be a home or some other building. Then they steal stuff.
2006-06-15 05:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by blue-eyed-cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A burglar enters a property that doesn't belong to them and steals. A thief can steal anywhere.
2006-06-15 05:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thief is someone who steals from you--you allow this person into your home (you may even be best friends) and this person will take what he/she pleases in your presence. A burglar is someone who takes things from you by breaking into your home-you may still know the person doing the crime, but they wait until you go away for awhile before entring your home.
2006-06-15 05:21:17 · answer #6 · answered by BB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a thief will take anything say he's at a party he'll steal from the host, but a burglar would have to not be invited, he would break in.
2006-06-15 05:20:20 · answer #7 · answered by jim100beam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
State Law varies......
A burglar is someone who enters a residence or building without the permission of the owner. You don't necessarily have to make it out of the door with any bounty to be charged with burglary. (culpability)
Theft is when someone steals your lawnmower out of your back yard, you gnome out of your garden, ect.
If you invite someone over to your house and they steal your money out of your purse, that is theft.
*the difference between a thief and a burglar depends on their offense, both are stealing.
2006-06-15 07:30:28 · answer #8 · answered by Moma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the same, although burglar has connotations of sneaking into an empty house in the dead of night whilst a theif is someone who would steal anything anywhere in broad daylight.
2006-06-15 05:17:50 · answer #9 · answered by squimberley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thief steal for any where burglar enters property illegally and steals
2006-06-21 15:46:03 · answer #10 · answered by $~*DAT DAMN CHICK*~$ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋