cheat vs fraud

cheat and fraud both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cheat and fraud are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of cheat include rig, swindle.

As nouns, fraud is a hypernym of cheat; that is, fraud is a word with a broader meaning than cheat:

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

cheat (noun)	fraud (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself	intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous	a person who makes deceitful pretenses
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

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