cheat vs sting

cheat and sting both are nouns.

cheat and sting both are verbs.

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

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

cheat: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
sting: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Other hyponyms of cheat include cozenage, scam, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, gip, gyp, pyramiding, holdout, swiz, shell game, thimblerig.

cheat (noun)	sting (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme	operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous	a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat	a mental pain or distress

cheat (verb)	sting (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
deprive somebody of something by deceit	deliver a sting to
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud	cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage	cause a stinging pain
	cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

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