slicker vs decoy

decoy vs slicker

slicker and decoy both are nouns.

slicker is not a verb while decoy is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slicker	Yes	No	No	No
decoy	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, decoy is a hyponym of slicker; that is, decoy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slicker:

slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
decoy: a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

Other hyponyms of slicker include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, imitator, impersonator, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

slicker (noun)	decoy (noun)
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof	something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
a person with good manners and stylish clothing

slicker (verb)	decoy (verb)
	lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy

Difference between slicker and decoy

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