chisel vs soak

chisel and soak both are nouns.

chisel and soak both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chisel	Yes	No	Yes	No
soak	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

chisel: deprive somebody of something by deceit
soak: rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Other hyponyms of chisel include gazump, cozen, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, 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)	soak (noun)
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge	washing something by allowing it to soak
	the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

chisel (verb)	soak (verb)
carve with a chisel	fill, soak, or imbue totally
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
deprive somebody of something by deceit	heat a metal prior to working it
	become drunk or drink excessively
	make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
	beat severely
	submerge in a liquid
	rip off; ask an unreasonable price
	leave as a guarantee in return for money

Difference between chisel and soak

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