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Outwit vs Defraud - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between outwit and defraud

is that outwit is to get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits while defraud is to obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle.

outwit

English

Verb

(outwitt)
  • To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
  • Synonyms

    *outfox, outguess, outsmart

    defraud

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To obtain money or property by fraud; to swindle.
  • *
  • *:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
  • See also

    * fraudster English transitive verbs