deceive vs cheat

cheat vs deceive

deceive is not a noun while cheat is a noun.

deceive and cheat both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deceive	No	No	Yes	No
cheat	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

deceive: be false to; be dishonest with
cheat: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

Other hyponyms of deceive include betray, sell, chisel, shill, flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, befool, fool, gull, betray, cheat on, cuckold, wander, hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg, ensnare, entrap, frame, set up, humbug.

deceive (noun)	cheat (noun)
	a deception for profit to yourself
	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
	weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

deceive (verb)	cheat (verb)
cause someone to believe an untruth	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
be false to; be dishonest with	deprive somebody of something by deceit
	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

Difference between deceive and cheat

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