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nobble vs short-change

short-change vs nobble

nobble and short-change both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nobble No No Yes No
short-change No No Yes No
As verbs, nobble and short-change are synonyms defined as:
  • nobble and short-change: deprive of by deceit
Other synonyms of nobble include bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, swindle, victimize.
As verbs, short-change is a hyponym of nobble; that is, short-change is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nobble:
  • nobble: deprive of by deceit
  • short-change: cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Other hyponyms of nobble include short.
nobble (verb) short-change (verb)
disable by drugging cheat someone by not returning him enough money
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom deprive of by deceit
make off with belongings of others
deprive of by deceit
Difference between nobble and short-change

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