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chisel vs bilk

bilk vs chisel

chisel is a noun but bilk is not a noun.

chisel and bilk both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chisel Yes No Yes No
bilk No No Yes No
As verbs, bilk is a hyponym of chisel; that is, bilk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chisel:
  • chisel: deprive somebody of something by deceit
  • bilk: cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
Other hyponyms of chisel include gazump, cozen, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, gip, gyp, beat, bunk, whipsaw, welch, welsh, beguile, hoodwink, juggle.
chisel (noun) bilk (noun)
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
chisel (verb) bilk (verb)
carve with a chisel escape, either physically or mentally
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud evade payment to
deprive somebody of something by deceit cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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