short-change vs bunco

short-change is not a noun while bunco is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
short-change	No	No	Yes	No
bunco	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bunco is a hypernym of short-change; that is, bunco is a word with a broader meaning than short-change:

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

As verbs, short-change and bunco are synonyms defined as:

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

short-change (noun)	bunco (noun)
	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

short-change (verb)	bunco (verb)
cheat someone by not returning him enough money	deprive of by deceit
deprive of by deceit