WordCmp.com

con vs swindle

swindle vs con

con and swindle both are nouns.

con and swindle both are verbs.

con is an adverb but swindle is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
con Yes No Yes Yes
swindle Yes No Yes No
As nouns, swindle is a hypernym of con; that is, swindle is a word with a broader meaning than con:
  • con: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  • swindle: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
Other hypernyms of con include cheat, fraud, rig.
As verbs, con and swindle are synonyms defined as:
  • con and swindle: deprive of by deceit
Other synonyms of con include bunco, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize.
con (noun) swindle (noun)
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
an argument opposed to a proposal
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
con (verb) swindle (verb)
commit to memory; learn by heart deprive of by deceit
deprive of by deceit
con (adverb) swindle (adverb)
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
Difference between con and swindle

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.