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hornswoggle vs short-change

short-change vs hornswoggle

hornswoggle and short-change both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hornswoggle No No Yes No
short-change No No Yes No
As verbs, hornswoggle and short-change are synonyms defined as:
  • hornswoggle and short-change: deprive of by deceit
Other synonyms of hornswoggle include bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, victimize.
As verbs, short-change is a hyponym of hornswoggle; that is, short-change is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hornswoggle:
  • hornswoggle: deprive of by deceit
  • short-change: cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Other hyponyms of hornswoggle include short.
hornswoggle (verb) short-change (verb)
deprive of by deceit cheat someone by not returning him enough money
deprive of by deceit
Difference between hornswoggle and short-change

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