chisel vs surcharge

surcharge vs chisel

chisel and surcharge both are nouns.

chisel and surcharge both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of chisel include gazump, cozen, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, 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)	surcharge (noun)
an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge	an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

chisel (verb)	surcharge (verb)
carve with a chisel	show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud	fill to an excessive degree
deprive somebody of something by deceit	place too much a load on
	print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
	fill to capacity with people
	rip off; ask an unreasonable price
	charge an extra fee, as for a special service

Difference between chisel and surcharge

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