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Cheat vs Divert - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between cheat and divert

is that cheat is to deceive; to fool; to trick while divert is to entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention.

As verbs the difference between cheat and divert

is that cheat is to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation while divert is to turn aside from a course.

As a noun cheat

is someone who cheats (informal: cheater).

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

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    divert

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To turn aside from a course.
    • The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
  • * Milton
    • that crude apple that diverted Eve
  • To distract.
    • Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
  • To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
  • * C. J. Smith
    • We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
  • (obsolete) To turn aside; to digress.
    • I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.

    Synonyms

    * (to lead away from a course) offlead

    Related terms

    * diversion * diversity * diverse

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