rip off vs surcharge

surcharge vs rip off

rip off is not a noun while surcharge is a noun.

rip off and surcharge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rip off	No	No	Yes	No
surcharge	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, surcharge is a hyponym of rip off; that is, surcharge is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rip off:

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

Other hyponyms of rip off include gazump, cozen, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize, gip, gyp, bilk, beat, bunk, whipsaw, welch, welsh, beguile, hoodwink, juggle.

rip off (noun)	surcharge (noun)
	an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

rip off (verb)	surcharge (verb)
remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully	show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
take without the owner's consent	fill to an excessive degree
deprive somebody of something by deceit	place too much a load on
	print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
	fill to capacity with people
	rip off; ask an unreasonable price
	charge an extra fee, as for a special service

Difference between rip off and surcharge

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