shell vs cheat

shell and cheat both are nouns.

shell and cheat both are verbs.

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

As verbs, cheat is a hyponym of shell; that is, cheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shell:

shell: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
cheat: defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Other hyponyms of shell include outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst, whomp, get the best, have the best, overcome, rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, get the jump, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft, exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass, get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount, best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump, outfight, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilise, immobilize, outplay, bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash.

shell (noun)	cheat (noun)
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod	a deception for profit to yourself
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
the housing or outer covering of something	weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
a very light narrow racing boat
a rigid covering that envelops an object
the exterior covering of a bird's egg
the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals

shell (verb)	cheat (verb)
remove from its shell or outer covering	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
remove the husks from	deprive somebody of something by deceit
use explosives on	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
hit the pitches of hard and regularly
look for and collect shells by the seashore
fall out of the pod or husk
create by using explosives

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