cheat vs fudge

cheat and fudge both are nouns.

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

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

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

cheat (noun)	fudge (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself	soft creamy candy
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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)	fudge (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
deprive somebody of something by deceit	tamper, with the purpose of deception
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage