thimblerig vs fraud

thimblerig and fraud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thimblerig	Yes	No	No	No
fraud	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fraud is a hypernym of thimblerig; that is, fraud is a word with a broader meaning than thimblerig:

thimblerig: a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
fraud: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

Other hypernyms of thimblerig include cheat, rig, swindle.

thimblerig (noun)	fraud (noun)
a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under	intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	a person who makes deceitful pretenses