short-change vs con

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

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

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

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

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

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

short-change (noun)	con (noun)
	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
	an argument opposed to a proposal
	a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

short-change (verb)	con (verb)
cheat someone by not returning him enough money	commit to memory; learn by heart
deprive of by deceit	deprive of by deceit

short-change (adverb)	con (adverb)
	in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.