figurehead vs trickster

figurehead and trickster both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
figurehead	Yes	No	No	No
trickster	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trickster is a hypernym of figurehead; that is, trickster is a word with a broader meaning than figurehead:

Other hypernyms of figurehead include beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker.

figurehead (noun)	trickster (noun)
figure on the bow of some sailing vessels	someone who plays practical jokes on others
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts