soak vs cheat

soak and cheat both are nouns.

soak and cheat both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soak	Yes	No	Yes	No
cheat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cheat is a hypernym of soak; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than soak:

soak: rip off; ask an unreasonable price
cheat: deprive somebody of something by deceit

Other hypernyms of soak include chisel, rip off.

soak (noun)	cheat (noun)
washing something by allowing it to soak	a deception for profit to yourself
the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
	weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

soak (verb)	cheat (verb)
fill, soak, or imbue totally	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
cover with liquid; pour liquid onto	deprive somebody of something by deceit
heat a metal prior to working it	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
become drunk or drink excessively	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
beat severely
submerge in a liquid
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
leave as a guarantee in return for money

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