The difference between Get and Trick

When used as nouns, get means offspring, whereas trick means something designed to fool or swindle.

When used as verbs, get means to obtain, whereas trick means to fool.

Trick is also adjective with the meaning: stylish or cool.

check bellow for the other definitions of Get and Trick

  1. Get as a verb (ditransitive):

    To obtain; to acquire.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store."

    "Lance is going to get Mary a ring."

  2. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To receive.

    Examples:

    "I got a computer from my parents for my birthday."

    "You need to get permission to leave early."

    "He got a severe reprimand for that."

  3. Get as a verb (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning):

    To have.

    Examples:

    "I've got a concert ticket for you."

  4. Get as a verb (copulative):

    To become.

    Examples:

    "I'm getting hungry; how about you?"

    "Don't get drunk tonight."

  5. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become; to bring about.

    Examples:

    "That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it."

    "I'll get this finished by lunchtime."

    "I can't get these boots off upright (or on'upright )."

  6. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To fetch, bring, take.

    Examples:

    "Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

    "I need to get this to the office."

  7. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to do.

    Examples:

    "Somehow she got him to agree to it."

    "I can't get it to work."

  8. Get as a verb (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as [[into]], [[over]], or [[behind]]; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries [[get into]], [[get over]], etc.):

    To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

    Examples:

    "The actors are getting into position."

    "When are we going to get to London?"

    "I'm getting into a muddle."

    "We got behind the wall."

  9. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

    Examples:

    "to get a mile"

  10. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to come or go or move.

  11. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to be in a certain status or position.

  12. Get as a verb (intransitive):

    To begin (doing something).

    Examples:

    "We ought to get moving or we'll be late."

    "After lunch we got chatting."

  13. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

    Examples:

    "I normally get the 7:45 train."

    "I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston."

  14. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    Examples:

    "Can you get that call, please? I'm busy."

  15. Get as a verb (intransitive, followed by infinitive):

    To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

    Examples:

    "I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!"

    "The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure."

  16. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To understand. }}

    Examples:

    "Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny."

    "I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!"

    "I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me."

  17. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

    Examples:

    "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."

  18. Get as a verb (informal):

    To be.

    Examples:

    "He got bitten by a dog."

  19. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To become ill with or catch (a disease).

    Examples:

    "I went on holiday and got malaria."

  20. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To catch out, trick successfully.

    Examples:

    "He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

  21. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To perplex, stump.

    Examples:

    "That question's really got me."

  22. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To find as an answer.

    Examples:

    "What did you get for question four?"

  23. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

    Examples:

    "The cops finally got me."

    "I'm gonna get him for that."

  24. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To hear completely; catch.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?"

  25. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To getter.

    Examples:

    "I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

  26. Get as a verb (now, rare):

    To beget (of a father).

  27. Get as a verb (archaic):

    To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

    Examples:

    "to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson"

  28. Get as a verb (imperative, informal):

    Examples:

    "'Get her with her new hairdo."

  29. Get as a verb (informal, mostly, imperative):

    Go away; get lost.

  30. Get as a verb (euphemism):

    To kill.

    Examples:

    "They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

  31. Get as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

  1. Get as a noun (dated):

    Offspring.

  2. Get as a noun:

    Lineage.

  3. Get as a noun (sports, tennis):

    A difficult return or block of a shot.

  4. Get as a noun:

    Something gained.

  1. Get as a noun (British, regional):

    A git.

  1. Get as a noun (Judaism):

    A Jewish writ of divorce.

  1. Trick as an adjective (slang):

    Stylish or cool.

    Examples:

    "Wow, your new sportscar is so trick."

  1. Trick as a noun:

    Something designed to fool or swindle.

    Examples:

    "It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a noun:

    A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

    Examples:

    "And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag."

  3. Trick as a noun:

    An entertaining difficult physical action.

    Examples:

    "That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?"

  4. Trick as a noun:

    An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

    Examples:

    "'tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?"

  5. Trick as a noun:

    Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

    Examples:

    "the tricks of boys"

    "rfquotek Prior"

  6. Trick as a noun (dated):

    A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.

    Examples:

    "a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning"

  7. Trick as a noun:

    A knot, braid, or plait of hair.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ben Jonson"

  8. Trick as a noun (card games):

    A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

    Examples:

    "I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts."

  9. Trick as a noun (slang):

    An act of prostitution.

    Examples:

    "At the worst point, she was turning ten tricks a day."

  10. Trick as a noun (slang):

    A customer to a prostitute.

    Examples:

    "As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."

  11. Trick as a noun:

    A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.

  12. Trick as a noun (nautical):

    A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.

  13. Trick as a noun:

    A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Trick as a verb (transitive):

    To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

    Examples:

    "You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a verb (heraldry):

    To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).

  3. Trick as a verb:

    To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

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