slicker vs grifter

grifter vs slicker

slicker and grifter both are nouns.

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

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

slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
grifter: a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Other hyponyms of slicker include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, scammer, swindler, decoy, 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)	grifter (noun)
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof	a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
a person with good manners and stylish clothing

Difference between slicker and grifter

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