pretender vs trickster

pretender and trickster both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

pretender: 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 pretender include beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker.

pretender (noun)	trickster (noun)
a person who makes deceitful pretenses	someone who plays practical jokes on others
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 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