Cheat vs. Exploit

Cheat vs. Exploit — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cheat and Exploit

Cheatverb

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.

Exploitnoun

A heroic or extraordinary deed.

Cheatverb

(intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.

My husband cheated on me with his secretary.After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.

Exploitnoun

An achievement.

The first trek to the summit of Mount Everest was a stunning exploit.

Cheatverb

(transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.

He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.I feel as if I've cheated fate.

Exploitnoun

(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.

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Cheatverb

(transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.

My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.He cheated his way into office.

Exploitverb

(transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.

Cheatverb

To beguile.

Exploitverb

(transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

Materialistic monsters who exploit "kind" folks will not have good outcomes, no matter how much comforts were ill-gained.

Cheatnoun

Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).

Exploitnoun

a notable achievement;

he performed a great deedthe book was her finest effort
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Cheatnoun

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

Exploitverb

use or manipulate to one's advantage;

He exploit the new taxation systemShe knows how to work the systemhe works his parents for sympathy

Cheatnoun

The weed cheatgrass.

Exploitverb

draw from; make good use of;

we must exploit the resources we are given wisely

Cheatnoun

A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.

Exploitverb

work excessively hard;

he is exploiting the students

Cheatnoun

(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.

Cheatnoun

weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

Cheatnoun

weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

Cheatnoun

someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

Cheatnoun

the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme;

that book is a fraud

Cheatnoun

a deception for profit to yourself

Cheatverb

deprive somebody of something by deceit;

The con-man beat me out of $50This salesman ripped us off!we were cheated by their clever-sounding schemeThey chiseled me out of my money

Cheatverb

defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

Cheatverb

engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud;

Who's chiseling on the side?

Cheatverb

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;

She cheats on her husbandMight her husband be wandering?