Scam vs Delude - What's the difference?
scam | delude |
To defraud or embezzle.
To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
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* Burke
(obsolete) To frustrate or disappoint.
* Dryden
As verbs the difference between scam and delude
is that scam is to defraud or embezzle while delude is to deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.As a noun scam
is fraudulent deal.scam
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Synonyms
* con game * confidence trick * See alsoVerb
(scamm)- They tried to scam her out of her savings.
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* (verb)Anagrams
* * * * * *delude
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Verb
(delud)citation, page= , passage=Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams. }}
- To delude the nation by an airy phantom.
- It deludes thy search.