lead on vs play tricks

play tricks vs lead on

lead on and play tricks both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lead on	No	No	Yes	No
play tricks	No	No	Yes	No

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

lead on: be false to; be dishonest with
play tricks: deceive somebody

Other hyponyms of lead on 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.

lead on (verb)	play tricks (verb)
entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken	deceive somebody
be false to; be dishonest with

Difference between lead on and play tricks

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