trickery vs hocus-pocus

trickery and hocus-pocus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trickery	Yes	No	No	No
hocus-pocus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trickery and hocus-pocus are synonyms defined as:

trickery and hocus-pocus: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

Other synonyms of trickery include hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness.

trickery (noun)	hocus-pocus (noun)
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)	verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way	a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.