Cheat vs. Lie
Difference Between Cheat and Lie
Cheat➦
To deceive by trickery; swindle
cheated customers by overcharging them for purchases.
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Lie➦
A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying.
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Cheat➦
To deprive by trickery; defraud
cheated them of their land.
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Lie➦
(of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface
I had to lie down because I was groggy
the body lay face downwards on the grass
Lily lay back on the pillows and watched him
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Cheat➦
To mislead; fool
illusions that cheat the eye.
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Lie➦
be, remain, or be kept in a specified state
putting homeless families into private houses that would otherwise lie empty
the abbey lies in ruins today
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Cheat➦
To elude; escape
cheat death.
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Lie➦
(of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction
Kexby lies about five miles due east of York
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Cheat➦
To act dishonestly; practice fraud.
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Lie➦
(of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable
an action for restitution would lie for money paid in breach of the law
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Cheat➦
To violate rules deliberately, as in a game
was accused of cheating at cards.
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Lie➦
tell a lie or lies
‘I am sixty-five,’ she lied
why had Ashenden lied about his visit to London?
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Cheat➦
(Informal) To be sexually unfaithful
cheat on a spouse.
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Lie➦
the way, direction, or position in which something lies
he was familiarizing himself with the lie of the streets
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Cheat➦
(Sports) To position oneself closer to a certain area than is normal or expected
The shortstop cheated toward second base.
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Lie➦
an intentionally false statement
the whole thing is a pack of lies
they hint rather than tell outright lies
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Cheat➦
An act of cheating; a fraud or swindle.
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Lie➦
To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline
He lay under a tree to sleep.
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Cheat➦
One who cheats; a swindler.
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Lie➦
To be placed on or supported by a surface that is usually horizontal
Dirty dishes lay on the table. See Usage Note at lay1.
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Cheat➦
A technique that exploits a flaw or hidden feature in a video game or computer program.
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Lie➦
To be or remain in a specified condition
The dust has lain undisturbed for years. He lay sick in bed.
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Cheat➦
(Law) Fraudulent acquisition of another's property.
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Lie➦
To exist; reside
Our sympathies lie with the plaintiff.
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Cheat➦
(Botany) Any of several species of brome, especially Bromus secalinus, an annual European grass widespread as a weed.
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Lie➦
To consist or have as a basis. Often used with in
The strength of his performance lies in his training.
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Cheat➦
(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.
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Lie➦
To occupy a position or place
The lake lies beyond this hill.
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Cheat➦
(intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
My husband cheated on me with his secretary.
After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.
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Lie➦
To extend
Our land lies between these trees and the river.
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Cheat➦
(transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed inevitable.
He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
I feel as if I've cheated fate.
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Lie➦
To be buried in a specified place.
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Cheat➦
(transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.
He cheated his way into office.
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Lie➦
(Law) To be admissible or maintainable.
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Cheat➦
Someone who cheats.
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Lie➦
(Archaic) To stay for a night or short while.
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Cheat➦
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
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Lie➦
To present false information with the intention of deceiving.
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Cheat➦
The weed cheatgrass.
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Lie➦
To convey a false image or impression
Appearances often lie.
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Cheat➦
(card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
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Lie➦
To say or write as a lie.
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Cheat➦
(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
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Lie➦
The manner or position in which something is situated.
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Cheat➦
(obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.
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Lie➦
A haunt or hiding place of an animal.
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Cheat➦
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat.
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Lie➦
(Sports) The position of a golf ball that has come to a stop.
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Cheat➦
One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
Airy wonders, which cheats interpret.
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Lie➦
A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
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Cheat➦
A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; - called also chess. See Chess.
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Lie➦
Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true
learned his parents had been swindlers and felt his whole childhood had been a lie.
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Cheat➦
The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
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Lie➦
(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
The book lies on the table;
the snow lies on the roof;
he lies in his coffin
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Cheat➦
Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
Their purest cheat,Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste.
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Lie➦
(intransitive) To be placed or situated.
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Cheat➦
To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.
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Lie➦
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves
The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
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Cheat➦
To beguile.
To cheat winter of its dreariness.
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Lie➦
Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
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Cheat➦
To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
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Lie➦
Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
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Cheat➦
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
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Lie➦
Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
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Cheat➦
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
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Lie➦
(archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
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Cheat➦
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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Lie➦
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
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Cheat➦
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme;
that book is a fraud
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Lie➦
(legal) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
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Cheat➦
a deception for profit to yourself
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Lie➦
(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
While a principle-based approach might claim that lying is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, lying might or might not be illegal or unethical. The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to lie in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life.
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Cheat➦
deprive somebody of something by deceit;
The con-man beat me out of $50
This salesman ripped us off!
we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
They chiseled me out of my money
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Lie➦
(intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
Photographs often lie.
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Cheat➦
defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
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Lie➦
To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
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Cheat➦
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud;
Who's chiseling on the side?
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Lie➦
(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
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Cheat➦
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;
She cheats on her husband
Might her husband be wandering?
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Lie➦
(disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
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Lie➦
(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
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Lie➦
A manner of lying; relative position.
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Lie➦
An animal's lair.
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Lie➦
An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
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Lie➦
A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
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Lie➦
(by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
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Lie➦
See Lye.
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Lie➦
A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to deceive another by signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves think not to be so.
It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires of him his road.
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Lie➦
A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
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Lie➦
Anything which misleads or disappoints.
Wishing this lie of life was o'er.
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Lie➦
The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the lie of the country on the side towards Thrace.
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Lie➦
To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
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Lie➦
To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; - often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.
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Lie➦
To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
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Lie➦
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
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Lie➦
To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; - with in.
Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.
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Lie➦
To lodge; to sleep.
Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I lay one night only.
Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.
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Lie➦
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
The wind is loud and will not lie.
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Lie➦
To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head.
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Lie➦
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
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Lie➦
Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
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Lie➦
position or manner in which something is situated
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Lie➦
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
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Lie➦
be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position;
The sick man lay in bed all day
the books are lying on the shelf
We had to stand for the entire performance!
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Lie➦
originate (in);
The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
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Lie➦
be and remain in a particular state or condition;
lie dormant
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Lie➦
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive;
Don't lie to your parents
She lied when she told me she was only 29
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Lie➦
have a place in relation to something else;
The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West
The responsibility rests with the Allies
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Lie➦
assume a reclining position;
lie down on the bed until you feel better
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