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cheat vs hook

hook vs cheat

cheat and hook both are nouns.

cheat and hook both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cheat Yes No Yes No
hook Yes No Yes No
As verbs, hook is a hyponym of cheat; that is, hook is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cheat:
  • cheat: deprive somebody of something by deceit
  • hook: rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Other hyponyms of cheat include gazump, cozen, fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, gip, gyp, bilk, beat, bunk, whipsaw, welch, welsh, beguile, hoodwink, juggle.
cheat (noun) hook (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something
a catch for locking a door
anything that serves as an enticement
a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
cheat (verb) hook (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit approach with an offer of sexual favors
deprive somebody of something by deceit entice and trap
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud secure with the foot
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
fasten with a hook
catch with a hook
hit with a hook
hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left
make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
make off with belongings of others
take by theft
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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