goldbrick vs humbug

humbug vs goldbrick

goldbrick and humbug both are nouns.

goldbrick and humbug both are verbs.

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

As nouns, humbug is a hypernym of goldbrick; that is, humbug is a word with a broader meaning than goldbrick:

goldbrick: anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
humbug: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Other hypernyms of goldbrick include dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on.

goldbrick (noun)	humbug (noun)
anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not	pretentious or silly talk or writing
an idle worthless person	communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

goldbrick (verb)	humbug (verb)
avoid (one's assigned duties)	trick or deceive
deprive of by deceit

Difference between goldbrick and humbug

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