decoy vs cheat

decoy and cheat both are nouns.

decoy and cheat both are verbs.

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

As nouns, cheat is a hypernym of decoy; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than decoy:

decoy: a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
cheat: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

Other hypernyms of decoy include accomplice, confederate, beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster.

decoy (noun)	cheat (noun)
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed	a deception for profit to yourself
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)	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

decoy (verb)	cheat (verb)
lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	deprive somebody of something by deceit
	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

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