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cheat vs shell

shell vs cheat

cheat and shell both are nouns.

cheat and shell both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cheat Yes No Yes No
shell Yes No Yes No
As verbs, shell is a hypernym of cheat; that is, shell is a word with a broader meaning than cheat:
  • cheat: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
  • shell: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Other hypernyms of cheat include beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish.
cheat (noun) shell (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat the housing or outer covering of something
a very light narrow racing boat
a rigid covering that envelops an object
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
cheat (verb) shell (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit remove from its shell or outer covering
deprive somebody of something by deceit remove the husks from
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud use explosives on
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
hit the pitches of hard and regularly
look for and collect shells by the seashore
fall out of the pod or husk
create by using explosives
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