plume vs cheat

plume and cheat both are nouns.

plume and cheat both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of plume include chisel, rip off.

plume (noun)	cheat (noun)
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds	a deception for profit to yourself
a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness	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

plume (verb)	cheat (verb)
dress or groom with elaborate care	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
form a plume	deprive somebody of something by deceit
clean with one's bill	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
deck with a plume	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
be proud of
rip off; ask an unreasonable price

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