hornswoggle vs diddle

hornswoggle and diddle both are verbs.

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

As verbs, hornswoggle and diddle are synonyms defined as:

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

hornswoggle (verb)	diddle (verb)
deprive of by deceit	manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
	deprive of by deceit