cheat and deceive

Deceive means to lie. To deceive someone is to mislead them. It is the opposite of telling the truth.

To cheat means to break the rules in order to achieve something for yourself. You cheat at a game of cards. If you tell people you are not cheating (and you are) then you are deceiving them.

Howdy,

Hmm... doesn't cheating involve telling lies as well? I mean... if one cheats on their wife/husband then I guess lying is part of that nasty thing...

If you're cheating, then you often have to tell a lie/deceive but these words are not interchangeable in meaning.

If you "cheat" on your husband/wife then, in that specific context, it means that you're breaking your marriage vows with someone else. As a consequence, you would probably have to deceive them so they don't find out but that involves another action: lying to them (by coverin

Haha, the world would be better if humanity was incapable of deceiving, cheating and lying.

Anyways, sending my thanks to down under (if I can say that)

I guess the key thing here is that "cheating" and "deceiving" are two separate actions. You can do one without necessarily doing the other. Example, I can "lie"/"deceive" you by saying that I called your mother, when I didn't. That's deception but it doesn't mean I'm "cheating" you because the lie hasn't cost you anything/doesn't make you worse off.

hi..thank u
so , cheat is closer to swindle ? it means you cheat someone , and you want get something from someone , or break something and cause some bad result ...am i understand properly?

Yes, that's exactly right!