short-circuit vs bilk

short-circuit and bilk both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
short-circuit	No	No	Yes	No
bilk	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of short-circuit include baffle, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart.

short-circuit (verb)	bilk (verb)
avoid something unpleasant or laborious	escape, either physically or mentally
create a short circuit in	evade payment to
hamper the progress of; impede	cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
	hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of