fraud vs pyramiding

pyramiding vs fraud

fraud and pyramiding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fraud	Yes	No	No	No
pyramiding	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pyramiding is a hyponym of fraud; that is, pyramiding is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fraud:

fraud: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
pyramiding: a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated

Other hyponyms of fraud include cozenage, scam, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting, gip, gyp, holdout, swiz, shell game, thimblerig.

fraud (noun)	pyramiding (noun)
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person	a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Difference between fraud and pyramiding

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