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Scam vs Subterfuge - What's the difference?

scam | subterfuge |

As nouns the difference between scam and subterfuge

is that scam is fraudulent deal while subterfuge is (countable) an indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind refers especially to war and politics.

As a verb scam

is to defraud or embezzle.

scam

English

Noun

(wikipedia scam) (en noun)
  • Fraudulent deal.
    • That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me .

    Synonyms

    * con game * confidence trick * See also

    Verb

    (scamm)
  • To defraud or embezzle.
    • They tried to scam her out of her savings.

    Synonyms

    * (verb)

    Anagrams

    * * * * * *

    subterfuge

    English

    (wikipedia subterfuge)

    Noun

  • (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.
    • Overt subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident.
  • * 2010 , (Clare Vanderpool), (Moon Over Manifest)
    • How’s the spy hunt going? Uncovered any subterfuge ?
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge —a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
  • (uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.