The difference between Magician and Trickster

When used as nouns, magician means a person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic, whereas trickster means 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.

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  1. Magician as a noun:

    A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

  2. Magician as a noun:

    A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts .

  3. Magician as a noun:

    A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.

  4. Magician as a noun:

    An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

  5. Magician as a noun:

    A person who astounds; an enigma.

  1. Trickster as a noun (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.

  2. Trickster as a noun:

    One who plays tricks or pranks on others.

  3. Trickster as a noun:

    One who performs tricks (parts of a magician' act or entertaining difficult physical actions).

  4. Trickster as a noun:

    An impish or playful person.

  5. Trickster as a noun:

    A fraud .

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