What is the difference between Con and Cone?
What is the difference between Con and Cone? :
Con : (noun)
( 1 ) Instance of cheating someone
Confidence trick
The whole thing was a big con.
This so-called bargain is just a con.
CON : (verb)
( 1 ) Swindle or persuade someone after gaining his trust
You can not con me. You are not really ill.
I was conned into buying a useless car.
Cone : (Noun)
( 1 ) Solid body that narrows to a point from a circular flat base
A church stuple is cone shaped.
( 2 ) Something of this shaped whether solid or hollow as a warning sign for the road-workers, etc…
( 3 ) Fruit of certain evergreen trees
A pine cone is the fruit of a pine tree.
CONE : (verb)
( 1 ) Mark or separate something with cones
They coned off a section of motorway during repairs
Cone off parking spaces that must not be used.