pluck vs cheat

pluck and cheat both are nouns.

pluck and cheat both are verbs.

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

As verbs, cheat is a hypernym of pluck; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than pluck:

pluck: rip off; ask an unreasonable price
cheat: deprive somebody of something by deceit

Other hypernyms of pluck include chisel, rip off.

pluck (noun)	cheat (noun)
the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord	a deception for profit to yourself
the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury	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

pluck (verb)	cheat (verb)
pull or pull out sharply	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
look for and gather	deprive somebody of something by deceit
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
strip of feathers	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

Difference between pluck and cheat

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