cheat vs set up

cheat is a noun but set up is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cheat	Yes	No	Yes	No
set up	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

cheat (noun)	set up (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself
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)	set up (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	get ready for a particular purpose or event
deprive somebody of something by deceit	make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud	equip with sails or masts
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage	arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
	put into a proper or systematic order
	erect and fasten
	set up for use
	place
	create by putting components or members together
	construct, build, or erect
	begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
	produce
	take or catch as if in a snare or trap
	arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
	set up or found