pyramiding vs fraud

fraud vs pyramiding

pyramiding and fraud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pyramiding	Yes	No	No	No
fraud	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fraud is a hypernym of pyramiding; that is, fraud is a word with a broader meaning than pyramiding:

pyramiding: a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
fraud: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

Other hypernyms of pyramiding include cheat, rig, swindle.

pyramiding (noun)	fraud (noun)
a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated	intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Difference between pyramiding and fraud

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