hypocrite vs cheat

cheat vs hypocrite

hypocrite and cheat both are nouns.

hypocrite is not a verb while cheat is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hypocrite	Yes	No	No	No
cheat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cheat is a hypernym of hypocrite; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than hypocrite:

hypocrite: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
cheat: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

Other hypernyms of hypocrite include beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster.

hypocrite (noun)	cheat (noun)
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives	a deception for profit to yourself
	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
	weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

hypocrite (verb)	cheat (verb)
	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	deprive somebody of something by deceit
	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

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