peculator vs trickster

peculator and trickster both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of peculator include beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, stealer, thief.

peculator (noun)	trickster (noun)
someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use	someone who plays practical jokes on others
	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