different between trickster vs treachery

English

Etymology

From trick +? -ster.

Noun

trickster (plural tricksters)

1. (mythology, literature) Any of numerous figures featuring in various mythologies and folk traditions, who use guile and secret knowledge to challenge authority and play tricks and pranks on others; any similar figure in literature.
   • 1991, Alan R. Velie (compiler and editor), American Indian Literature: An Anthology, Revised edition, page 44,

     The trickster is one of the oldest and most widespread of mythological and literary figures. […] As the name implies, the trickster is, on one level—probably the most important—an amoral practical joker who wanders about playing pranks on unsuspecting victims […] With all the fluctuations, certain things about the trickster are predictable: he is always a wanderer, always hungry, and usually oversexed.

     Tricksters abound in folktales […] .
2. One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
3. One who performs tricks (parts of a magician' act or entertaining difficult physical actions).
4. An impish or playful person.
5. A fraud (person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).

Synonyms

• (one who plays tricks on others): prankster, tricker
• (one who performs tricks): tricker

Related terms

• trick

Translations

See also

• gadfly
• jester
• jokester
• practical joker
• prankster
• List of fictional tricksters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”), from Middle Dutch trek (“a trick”), from trekken (“to draw, play a trick on”). More at trick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??t???i/, /?t??t??i/

Noun

treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)

1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
3. Treason.

Synonyms

• Punic faith
• treacherousness

Derived terms

• treacher
• treacherous

Related terms

• trick
• trickster
• tricky

Translations

Further reading

• “treachery” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• treachery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• treachery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• treachery at OneLook Dictionary Search