diddle vs defraud

diddle and defraud both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diddle	No	No	Yes	No
defraud	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, diddle and defraud are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of diddle include bunco, con, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize.

diddle (verb)	defraud (verb)
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination	deprive of by deceit
deprive of by deceit