cheat vs swindle

cheat and swindle both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cheat and swindle are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of cheat include fraud, rig.

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

cheat (noun)	swindle (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
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)	swindle (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	deprive of by deceit
deprive somebody of something by deceit
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage