slicker vs strawman

strawman vs slicker

slicker and strawman both are nouns.

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

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

slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
strawman: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Other hyponyms of slicker include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, 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, 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)	strawman (noun)
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof	an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
a person with good manners and stylish clothing	a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Difference between slicker and strawman

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