Scam vs Phish - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between scam and phish

is that scam is fraudulent deal while phish is an instance of a phishing attack.

is that scam is to defraud or embezzle while phish is to engage in phishing.

(wikipedia scam) (en noun)

Fraudulent deal.

That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me .

* con game * confidence trick * See also

(scamm)

To defraud or embezzle.

They tried to scam her out of her savings.

* (verb)

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To engage in phishing.

(es)

An instance of a phishing attack.