Racket vs. Scam — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Racket and Scam
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Definitions
Racket➦
A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash
A squash racket
Scam➦
A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.
Racket➦
A loud unpleasant noise; a din
The kids were making a racket
Scam➦
To defraud; swindle.
Racket➦
An illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money
A protection racket
Scam➦
A fraudulent deal.
That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.
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Racket➦
Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise
Trains racketed by
Scam➦
Something that is promoted using scams.
That new diet burger is a scam.
Racket➦
Enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment
A fabulous car for racketing around Paris
Scam➦
(ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
They tried to scam her out of her savings.
Racket➦
A device consisting of an oval or circular frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.
Scam➦
A fraudulent business scheme
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Racket➦
A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.
Scam➦
Deprive of by deceit;
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
Racket➦
A snowshoe.
Racket➦
A loud distressing noise.
Racket➦
A dishonest or fraudulent business or practice.
Racket➦
Often rackets An illegal moneymaking activity, especially one controlled by organized crime.
Racket➦
An easy, profitable means of livelihood.
Racket➦
(Slang) A business or occupation.
Racket➦
To make or move with a loud distressing noise.
Racket➦
To lead an active social life.
Racket➦
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
Racket➦
(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Racket➦
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Racket➦
A loud noise.
Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.
With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!
What's all this racket?
Racket➦
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
Prostitution and gambling controlled by rackets
They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.
Racket➦
A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
Racket➦
Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
Racket➦
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
Racket➦
(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
Racket➦
To be dissipated; to carouse.
Racket➦
A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.
Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket.
Racket➦
A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; - chiefly in the plural.
Racket➦
A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Racket➦
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.
Racket➦
Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
Racket➦
A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
Racket➦
A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also, such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a racket; to stand upon the racket.
Racket➦
An organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion.
Racket➦
To strike with, or as with, a racket.
Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.
Racket➦
To make a confused noise or racket.
Racket➦
To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.
Racket➦
To carouse or engage in dissipation.
Racket➦
A loud and disturbing noise
Racket➦
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
Racket➦
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;
Modern music is just noise to me
Racket➦
A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
Racket➦
Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;
The members of the wedding party made merry all night
Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!
Racket➦
Make loud and annoying noises
Racket➦
Hit (a ball) with a racket