goldbrick vs cheat

cheat vs goldbrick

goldbrick and cheat both are nouns.

goldbrick and cheat both are verbs.

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

As verbs, cheat is a hypernym of goldbrick; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than goldbrick:

goldbrick: deprive of by deceit
cheat: deprive somebody of something by deceit

Other hypernyms of goldbrick include chisel, rip off.

goldbrick (noun)	cheat (noun)
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless	a deception for profit to yourself
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
an idle worthless person	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort	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

goldbrick (verb)	cheat (verb)
avoid (one's assigned duties)	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
deprive of by 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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