short-change vs rook

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

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

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

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

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

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

short-change (noun)	rook (noun)
	common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
	(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

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