cozen vs play tricks

play tricks vs cozen

cozen and play tricks both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cozen	No	No	Yes	No
play tricks	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, play tricks is a hyponym of cozen; that is, play tricks is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cozen:

cozen: be false to; be dishonest with
play tricks: deceive somebody

Other hyponyms of cozen include betray, sell, cheat, chisel, shill, flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, pull a fast one on, trick, befool, fool, gull, betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander, hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg, ensnare, entrap, frame, set up, humbug.

cozen (verb)	play tricks (verb)
cheat or trick	deceive somebody
act with artful deceit
be false to; be dishonest with

Difference between cozen and play tricks

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