The difference between Cheating and Imposition

When used as nouns, cheating means an act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity, whereas imposition means the act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

Cheating is also adjective with the meaning: unsporting or underhand.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cheating and Imposition

  1. Cheating as a verb:

  1. Cheating as a noun:

    An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

  2. Cheating as a noun (cinematography):

    The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.

  1. Cheating as an adjective:

    Unsporting or underhand.

  2. Cheating as an adjective:

    Unfaithful or adulterous.

  1. Imposition as a noun:

    The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

  2. Imposition as a noun:

    That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.

  3. Imposition as a noun:

    An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.

  4. Imposition as a noun (printing):

    Arrangement of a printed product's pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.

  5. Imposition as a noun (religion):

    A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.

  6. Imposition as a noun (UK):

    A task imposed on a student as punishment.

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