Cheat vs Bluff - What's the difference?
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To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
To deceive; to fool; to trick.
* Shakespeare
To beguile.
* Washington Irving
Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
* Dryden
The weed cheatgrass.
A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
(poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than they actually do.
(US, dated) The card game poker.
((poker) To make a bluff ; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.
(by analogy ) To frighten or deter with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate and gain some advantage.
A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face.
(senseid) (Canadian Prairies) A small wood or stand of trees, typically poplar or willow.
Having a broad, flattened front.
Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
* Falconer
* Judd
Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
* 1883:
Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque.
* I. Taylor
As verbs the difference between cheat and bluff
is that cheat is to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation while bluff is ( To make a bluff; to give the impression that one's hand is stronger than it is.As nouns the difference between cheat and bluff
is that cheat is someone who cheats (informal: cheater) while bluff is an act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.As an adjective bluff is
having a broad, flattened front.As a proper noun Bluff is
the southernmost town in the South Island of New Zealand, and seaport for the Southland region.cheat
English
Verb
(en verb)- My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.
- My husband cheated on me with his secretary.
- He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
- I feel as if I've cheated fate.
- My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.
- He cheated his way into office.
- I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.
- (Sir Walter Scott)
- to cheat winter of its dreariness
Synonyms
* belirt * blench * break the rules * lirtNoun
(en noun)- When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat .
Synonyms
* (card game ) bullshit, BS, I doubt itDerived terms
* cheat code * cheater * cheating * cheat on * cheat the hangman * windcheaterSee also
*Anagrams
* * *bluff
English
(wikipedia bluff)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- That is only bluff''', or a '''bluff .
- John's bet was a bluff : he bet without even so much as a pair.
- (Bartlett)
Verb
(en verb)- John bluffed by betting without even a pair.
- The government claims it will call an election if this bill does not pass. Is it truly ready to do so, or is it bluffing ?
Derived terms
* bluffer * double bluff * triple bluff * quadruple bluff * semi-bluffEtymology 2
Related to blaff, "smooth".Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(er)- the bluff bows of a ship
- a bluff or bold shore
- Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect.
- he had a bluff , rough-and-ready face, all roughened and reddened and lined in his long travels.
- a bluff''' answer; a '''bluff''' manner of talking; a '''bluff sea captain
- There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defence in a moment of surprise.