beguiler vs strawman

strawman vs beguiler

beguiler and strawman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beguiler	Yes	No	No	No
strawman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, strawman is a hyponym of beguiler; that is, strawman is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beguiler:

beguiler: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
strawman: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Other hyponyms of beguiler include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, imitator, impersonator, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

beguiler (noun)	strawman (noun)
a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)	an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
	a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Difference between beguiler and strawman

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