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chisel vs short-change

short-change vs chisel

chisel is a noun but short-change is not a noun.

chisel and short-change both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chisel Yes No Yes No
short-change No No Yes No
As verbs, short-change is a hyponym of chisel; that is, short-change is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chisel:
  • chisel: deprive somebody of something by deceit
  • short-change: deprive of by deceit
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, swindle, victimize, gip, gyp, bilk, beat, bunk, whipsaw, welch, welsh, beguile, hoodwink, juggle.
chisel (noun) short-change (noun)
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
chisel (verb) short-change (verb)
carve with a chisel cheat someone by not returning him enough money
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud deprive of by deceit
deprive somebody of something by deceit
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