hornswoggle vs con

hornswoggle is not a noun while con is a noun.

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

As verbs, hornswoggle and con are synonyms defined as:

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

hornswoggle (noun)	con (noun)
	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
	an argument opposed to a proposal
	a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

hornswoggle (verb)	con (verb)
deprive of by deceit	commit to memory; learn by heart
	deprive of by deceit

hornswoggle (adverb)	con (adverb)
	in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.