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Treachery vs Cheating - What's the difference?

treachery | cheating |

As nouns the difference between treachery and cheating

is that treachery is deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith while cheating is an act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.

As a verb cheating is

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As an adjective cheating is

unsporting or underhand.

treachery

English

Noun

(treacheries)
  • Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
  • The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
  • Treason.

    • Synonyms

    * Punic faith * treacherousness

    Derived terms

    * treacher * treacherous

    Related terms

    * trick * trickster * tricky

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    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.

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