cheat vs con

cheat and con both are nouns.

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

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

cheat: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
con: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

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

cheat (noun)	con (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme	an argument opposed to a proposal
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

cheat (verb)	con (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	commit to memory; learn by heart
deprive somebody of something by deceit	deprive of by deceit
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

cheat (adverb)	con (adverb)
	in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.