shell game vs swindle

shell game and swindle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shell game	Yes	No	No	No
swindle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, swindle is a hypernym of shell game; that is, swindle is a word with a broader meaning than shell game:

shell game: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
swindle: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

Other hypernyms of shell game include cheat, fraud, rig.

shell game (noun)	swindle (noun)
a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

shell game (verb)	swindle (verb)
	deprive of by deceit