Dwindled vs Swindled - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between dwindled and swindled

is that dwindled is (dwindle) while swindled is (swindle).

(head)

(dwindle)

(dwindl)

To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.

* 1802 , , translated by T. Paynell,

[E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing,

(figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.

The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation.'' (''Goldsmith , Vicar, III)

* Jonathan Swift

Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs.

* 1919 ,

The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.

* '>citation

To lessen; to bring low.

* Thomson

Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.

To break; to disperse.

(Clarendon)

(head)

(swindle)

(swindl)

To defraud (someone).

''The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.

To obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

* (to be swindled) be sold a pup * (to defraud) swizz (informal, mainly British)

(en noun)

An instance of .

* scheme, swizz (informal, mainly British)