The difference between Cheat and Fraud
When used as nouns, cheat means someone who cheats (informal: cheater), whereas fraud means the crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
When used as verbs, cheat means to violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation, whereas fraud means to defraud.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cheat and Fraud
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Cheat as a verb (intransitive):
To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
Examples:
"My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term."
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Cheat as a verb (intransitive):
To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
Examples:
"My husband cheated on me with his secretary."
"After he found out his wife cheated, he left her."
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Cheat as a verb (transitive):
To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
Examples:
"He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train."
"I feel as if I've cheated fate."
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Cheat as a verb (transitive):
To deceive; to fool; to trick.
Examples:
"My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000."
"He cheated his way into office."
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Cheat as a verb:
To beguile.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Cheat as a noun:
Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
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Cheat as a noun:
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
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Cheat as a noun:
The weed cheatgrass.
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Cheat as a noun:
A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
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Cheat as a noun (video games):
A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.
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Fraud as a noun (law):
The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
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Fraud as a noun:
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
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Fraud as a noun:
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
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Fraud as a noun:
A person who performs any such trick.
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Fraud as a noun (obsolete):
A trap or snare.
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Fraud as a verb (obsolete):
To defraud