sham vs trickster

sham and trickster both are nouns.

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

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

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

sham (noun)	trickster (noun)
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be	someone who plays practical jokes on others
a person who makes deceitful pretenses	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

sham (adjective)	trickster (adjective)
adopted in order to deceive

sham (verb)	trickster (verb)
make believe with the intent to deceive
make a pretence of