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chisel vs cozen

cozen vs chisel

chisel is a noun but cozen is not a noun.

chisel and cozen both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chisel Yes No Yes No
cozen No No Yes No
As verbs, cozen is a hypernym of chisel; that is, cozen is a word with a broader meaning than chisel:
  • chisel: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
  • cozen: be false to; be dishonest with
Other hypernyms of chisel include deceive, delude, lead on.
As verbs, cozen is a hyponym of chisel; that is, cozen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chisel:
  • chisel: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
  • cozen: act with artful deceit
Other hyponyms of chisel include job, shark, rig, set up, crib, cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle.
As verbs, cozen is a hyponym of chisel; that is, cozen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chisel:
  • chisel: deprive somebody of something by deceit
  • cozen: cheat or trick
Other hyponyms of chisel include gazump, 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, bilk, beat, bunk, whipsaw, welch, welsh, beguile, hoodwink, juggle.
chisel (noun) cozen (noun)
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
chisel (verb) cozen (verb)
carve with a chisel cheat or trick
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud act with artful deceit
deprive somebody of something by deceit be false to; be dishonest with
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