goldbrick vs hornswoggle

goldbrick is a noun but hornswoggle is not a noun.

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

As verbs, goldbrick and hornswoggle are synonyms defined as:

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

goldbrick (noun)	hornswoggle (noun)
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
an idle worthless person
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

goldbrick (verb)	hornswoggle (verb)
avoid (one's assigned duties)	deprive of by deceit
deprive of by deceit