Artifice vs. Trick
Difference Between Artifice and Trick
Artifice➦
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Trick➦
a cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone
he's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick
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Artifice➦
Deception or trickery
The purchaser believed that the product was new only by artifice of the seller.
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Trick➦
a peculiar or characteristic habit or mannerism
she had a trick of clipping off certain words and phrases
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Artifice➦
Something contrived or made up to achieve an end, especially by deceiving; a stratagem or ruse
"From the beginning, 'compassionate conservatism' was an artifice designed to mask Bush's conservatism from an electorate that did not want a sharp rightward turn" (Jonathan Chait).
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Trick➦
(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a sequence of cards forming a single round of play. One card is laid down by each player, the highest card being the winner.
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Artifice➦
Cleverness or ingenuity in making or doing something; art or skill
"Literary artifice is the only means that a writer has at his disposal. How else can he convey his impression of life?" (Harry Levin).
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Trick➦
a prostitute's client.
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Artifice➦
An artistic device or convention
artifices such as conceits and puns.
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Trick➦
a sailor's turn at the helm, usually lasting for two or four hours.
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Artifice➦
A crafty but underhanded deception.
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Trick➦
cunningly deceive or outwit
many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards
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Artifice➦
A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
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Trick➦
sketch (a coat of arms) in outline, with the colours indicated by letters or signs.
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Artifice➦
A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
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Trick➦
intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion
a trick question
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Artifice➦
A tactical move to gain advantage.
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Trick➦
liable to fail; defective
a trick knee
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Artifice➦
(archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
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Trick➦
An act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means.
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Artifice➦
To construct by means of skill or specialised art
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Trick➦
A mischievous action; a prank
likes to play tricks on the other students in the dorm.
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Artifice➦
A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
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Trick➦
A stupid, disgraceful, or childish act
Don't let the kids pull any tricks while we're gone.
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Artifice➦
Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
The material universe . . . in the artifice of God, the artifice of the best Mechanist.
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Trick➦
A peculiar trait or characteristic; a mannerism
“Mimicry is the trick by which a moth or other defenseless insect comes to look like a wasp” (Marston Bates).
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Artifice➦
Artful or skillful contrivance.
His [Congreve's] plots were constructed without much artifice.
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Trick➦
A peculiar event with unexpected, often deceptive results
“One of history's cruelest tricks is to take words that sounded good at the time and make them sound pretty stupid” (David Owen).
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Artifice➦
Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]
Those who were conscious of guilt employed numerous artifices for the purpose of averting inquiry.
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Trick➦
A deceptive or illusive appearance; an illusion
This painting plays tricks on the eyes.
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Artifice➦
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
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Trick➦
A special skill; a knack
Is there a trick to getting this window to stay up?.
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Trick➦
A convention or specialized skill peculiar to a particular field of activity
learned the tricks of the winemaking trade.
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Trick➦
A feat of magic or legerdemain.
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Trick➦
A difficult, dexterous, or clever act designed to amuse
Does your dog do any tricks?.
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Trick➦
All the cards played in a single round, one from each player.
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Trick➦
One such round.
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Trick➦
A period or turn of duty, as at the helm of a ship.
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Trick➦
(Slang) A prison term.
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Trick➦
An act of prostitution.
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A prostitute's customer.
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Trick➦
A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.
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Trick➦
(Slang) A robbery or theft.
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Trick➦
To cheat or deceive or to practice trickery or deception.
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Trick➦
Of, relating to, or involving tricks.
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Trick➦
Capable of performing tricks
a trick dog.
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Trick➦
Designed or made for doing a trick or tricks
trick cards.
trick dice.
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Trick➦
Weak, defective, or liable to fail
a trick knee.
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Trick➦
Something designed to fool or swindle.
It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.
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Trick➦
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.
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Trick➦
An entertaining difficult physical action.
That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
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Trick➦
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
tricks of the trade;
what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?
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Trick➦
Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
the tricks of boys
They played a crude trick on the teacher.
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Trick➦
(dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning
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Trick➦
A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
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Trick➦
(card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts.
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Trick➦
(slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
turn a trick
turn tricks
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Trick➦
(slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."
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Trick➦
A term of abuse.
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Trick➦
A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
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Trick➦
(nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
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Trick➦
A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
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Trick➦
(transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
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Trick➦
(heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
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Trick➦
To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
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Trick➦
Involving trickery or deception.
trick photography
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Able to perform tricks.
A trick pony
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Trick➦
Defective or unreliable.
a trick knee
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Trick➦
Stylish or cool.
Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.
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Trick➦
An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.
He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick.
I know a trick worth two of that.
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Trick➦
A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
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Trick➦
Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys.
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A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
The trick of that voice I do well remember.
He hath a trick of CŒur de Lion's face.
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Trick➦
A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
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Trick➦
The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players.
On one nice trick depends the general fate.
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Trick➦
A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, - usually two hours.
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Trick➦
A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
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Trick➦
To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.
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To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; - often followed by up, off, or out.
People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds.
They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been.
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Trick➦
To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.
They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees.
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Trick➦
a cunning or deceitful action or device;
he played a trick on me
he pulled a fast one and got away with it
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Trick➦
a period of work or duty
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Trick➦
an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent;
that offer was a dirty trick
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Trick➦
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
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an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
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deceive somebody;
We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
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