strawman vs cheat

cheat vs strawman

strawman and cheat both are nouns.

strawman is not a verb while cheat is a verb.

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

As nouns, cheat is a hypernym of strawman; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than strawman:

strawman: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
cheat: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

Other hypernyms of strawman include beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster.

strawman (noun)	cheat (noun)
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds	a deception for profit to yourself
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity	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

strawman (verb)	cheat (verb)
	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	deprive somebody of something by deceit
	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

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