rook vs cheat

rook and cheat both are nouns.

rook and cheat both are verbs.

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

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

rook: deprive of by deceit
cheat: deprive somebody of something by deceit

Other hypernyms of rook include chisel, rip off.

rook (noun)	cheat (noun)
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow	a deception for profit to yourself
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard	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

rook (verb)	cheat (verb)
deprive of by deceit	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	deprive somebody of something by deceit
	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

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