scam vs goldbrick

scam and goldbrick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scam	Yes	No	Yes	No
goldbrick	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, scam and goldbrick are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of scam include bunco, con, defraud, diddle, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, short-change, swindle, victimize.

scam (noun)	goldbrick (noun)
a fraudulent business scheme	anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
	a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
	an idle worthless person
	a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

scam (verb)	goldbrick (verb)
deprive of by deceit	avoid (one's assigned duties)
	deprive of by deceit