phoney vs trickster

trickster vs phoney

phoney and trickster both are nouns.

phoney is an adjective but trickster is not an adjective.

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

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

phoney: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
trickster: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

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

phoney (noun)	trickster (noun)
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives	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

phoney (adjective)	trickster (adjective)
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Difference between phoney and trickster

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