Hacking vs Fraud - What's the difference?
hacking | fraud |
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
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(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
(sports, chiefly, American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
(UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback. (Plural hackings.)
(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
(obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
(obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
(obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
* Alexander Pope
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A person who performs any such trick.
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
* Milton
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between hacking and fraud
is that hacking is (obsolete) the operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer while fraud is (obsolete) to defraud.As nouns the difference between hacking and fraud
is that hacking is (computing) playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system while fraud is any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.As verbs the difference between hacking and fraud
is that hacking is while fraud is (obsolete) to defraud.As an adjective hacking
is short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.hacking
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A hacking''' cough. A '''hacking''' laugh. A '''hacking''' breath. A '''hacking cry.
- A more hacking and harrowing cough I have never heard.
- Anise will diminish the most hacking cough to where it is no longer irritating.
Usage notes
Most non-creative collocations are the phrases given as examples.Derived terms
* hacking cough * hackinglyNoun
(-)- From hacker'': ''"A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular." —
RFC 1392
Derived terms
* hacking coat, hacking jacket, hacking-seat * hacking runVerb
(head)Anagrams
*See also
*pirateReferences
* (Vol. IV, p. 2675–2676; supplement Vol. XI, p. 559) * “hacking” in Harrap's Shorter , 2006, p. 416 * “hacking” in Concise English Dictionary , Wordsworth, 2007, p.405* “
hacking” at Wordnik
fraud
English
Noun
(en noun)- If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud