strawman vs trickster

strawman and trickster both are nouns.

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

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

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

strawman (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