Cheating vs Scam - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between cheating and scam

is that cheating is while scam is to defraud or embezzle.

As nouns the difference between cheating and scam

is that cheating is an act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition while scam is fraudulent deal.

As an adjective cheating

is unsporting or underhand.

cheating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia cheating)
  • An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.
  • * Edward Bulwer Lytton
    • the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unsporting or underhand.
  • Unfaithful or adulterous.

    • Anagrams

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    scam

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia scam) (en noun)
  • Fraudulent deal.
    • That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me .

    Synonyms

    * con game * confidence trick * See also

    Verb

    (scamm)
  • To defraud or embezzle.
    • They tried to scam her out of her savings.

    Synonyms

    * (verb)

    Anagrams

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