trounce vs cheat

cheat vs trounce

trounce is not a noun while cheat is a noun.

trounce and cheat both are verbs.

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

As verbs, cheat is a hyponym of trounce; that is, cheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trounce:

trounce: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
cheat: defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Other hyponyms of trounce include outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worst, whomp, get the best, have the best, overcome, rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, get the jump, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft, exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass, get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount, best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trump, outfight, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilise, immobilize, outplay, bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash.

trounce (noun)	cheat (noun)
	a deception for profit to yourself
	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

trounce (verb)	cheat (verb)
censure severely or angrily	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict	deprive somebody of something by deceit
beat severely with a whip or rod	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

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