fiddle vs malversate

malversate vs fiddle

fiddle is a noun but malversate is not a noun.

fiddle and malversate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fiddle	Yes	No	Yes	No
malversate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, malversate is a hypernym of fiddle; that is, malversate is a word with a broader meaning than fiddle:

fiddle: commit fraud and steal from one's employer
malversate: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

Other hypernyms of fiddle include defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate.

fiddle (noun)	malversate (noun)
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

fiddle (verb)	malversate (verb)
try to fix or mend	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
play the violin or fiddle
play on a violin
commit fraud and steal from one's employer
avoid (one's assigned duties)

Difference between fiddle and malversate

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