In this context, cheating means getting unauthorized help on an assignment, quiz, or test. Plagiarism, on the other hand, is presenting someone else's work or idea as if it were your own. Betrayal is a deliberate attempt to deceive. While plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional. When a student intentionally plagiarizes they are cheating, but not all forms of cheating include plagiarism. Compare this to a rectangle and a square. A square is always classified as a rectangle, but a rectangle is not always a square. This is how plagiarism and cheating are connected. However, it is not necessarily cheating when a student plagiarizes unintentionally. Unintentional plagiarism occurs when a student does not cite their sources correctly or does not cite paraphrased information. When students are confused and intimidated by citations and their complex rules, they may plagiarize without knowing they are doing so.