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Smokescreen vs Scam - What's the difference?

smokescreen | scam |

As nouns the difference between smokescreen and scam

is that smokescreen is smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle while scam is fraudulent deal.

As a verb scam is

to defraud or embezzle.

smokescreen

English

(wikipedia smokescreen)

Alternative forms

* smoke screen

Noun

(en noun)
  • Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
  • Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
    • All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.

    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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