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Cheat vs Begunk - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between cheat and begunk

is that cheat is to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation while begunk is (transitive|dialectal|chiefly|scotland) to befool; deceive; balk; jilt.

As nouns the difference between cheat and begunk

is that cheat is someone who cheats (informal: cheater) while begunk is (dialectal|chiefly|scotland) an illusion; trick; cheat.

cheat

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
  • My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.
  • To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
  • My husband cheated on me with his secretary.
  • To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
  • He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
    I feel as if I've cheated fate.
  • To deceive; to fool; to trick.
  • My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.
    He cheated his way into office.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.
  • To beguile.
  • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • * Washington Irving
  • to cheat winter of its dreariness

    Synonyms

    * belirt * blench * break the rules * lirt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
  • When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat .
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (card game ) bullshit, BS, I doubt it

    Derived terms

    * cheat code * cheater * cheating * cheat on * cheat the hangman * windcheater

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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    begunk

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.