When someone does something that is not allowed in a computer game, others tell him that he is cheating or hacking.
Which word is more suitable?
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Sign up to join this communityWhen someone does something that is not allowed in a computer game, others tell him that he is cheating or hacking.
Which word is more suitable?
"Cheating" means to violate rules.
"Hack" means:
a. to devise or modify (a computer program), usually skillfully.
b. to circumvent security and break into (another's server, website, or the like) with malicious intent: Skilled criminals hacked the Bank of America's servers yesterday, jeopardizing thousands of accounts.
Hacking could be a higher level of cheating, because hacking could include more skills than simply cheating by using cheat codes.
However, the cheat codes can actually modify the game. So, to conclude, if we are actually to use the proper word for it, it should be hacking, not just cheating.