bunco vs diddle

bunco is a noun but diddle is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bunco	Yes	No	Yes	No
diddle	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bunco and diddle are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of bunco include con, defraud, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize.

bunco (noun)	diddle (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

bunco (verb)	diddle (verb)
deprive of by deceit	manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
	deprive of by deceit