straw man vs trickster

straw man and trickster both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
straw man	Yes	No	No	No
trickster	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of straw man include beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker.

straw man (noun)	trickster (noun)
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds	someone who plays practical jokes on others
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity	a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts