beat vs cheat

beat and cheat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beat	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
cheat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cheat is a hyponym of beat; that is, cheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat:

As verbs, cheat is a hypernym of beat; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than beat:

Other hypernyms of beat include chisel, rip off.

beat (noun)	cheat (noun)
the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing	a deception for profit to yourself
a stroke or blow	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
a regular rate of repetition	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse	weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
the sound of stroke or blow
a regular route for a sentry or policeman
a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

beat (adjective)	cheat (adjective)
very tired

beat (verb)	cheat (verb)
wear out completely	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
be a mystery or bewildering to	deprive somebody of something by deceit
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
beat through cleverness and wit	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
hit repeatedly
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
stir vigorously
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting
shape by beating
make by pounding or trampling
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly
move rhythmically
sail with much tacking or with difficulty
move with a flapping motion
indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks
move with a thrashing motion
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
make a rhythmic sound
make a sound like a clock or a timer
glare or strike with great intensity
avoid paying
be superior