hocus-pocus vs trickery

hocus-pocus and trickery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hocus-pocus	Yes	No	No	No
trickery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hocus-pocus and trickery are synonyms defined as:

hocus-pocus and trickery: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Other synonyms of hocus-pocus include hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness.

hocus-pocus (noun)	trickery (noun)
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.	verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way