cheat vs fake

cheat and fake both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of cheat include job, shark, rig, set up, cozen, crib, cook, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle.

cheat (noun)	fake (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself	(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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 (adjective)	fake (adjective)
	not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

cheat (verb)	fake (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
deprive somebody of something by deceit	make a copy of with the intent to deceive
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud	tamper, with the purpose of deception
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage