Magician vs. Trickster — What's the Difference?

A sorcerer; a wizard.

In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human, or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and defy conventional behavior.

One who performs magic for entertainment or diversion.

One that swindles or plays tricks.

One whose formidable skill or art seems to be magical

Often Trickster A mischievous or roguish figure in myth or folklore, often an animal, who typically makes up for physical weakness with cunning and subversive humor.

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

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.

A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.

One who plays tricks or pranks on others.

A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.

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

An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

An impish or playful person.

A person who astounds; an enigma.

A fraud person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain.

One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

An entertainer who produces seemingly magical effects by clever illusions; most magicians admit that the craft is mere illusion, rather than a true supernatural art.

Someone who plays practical jokes on others

Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

One who practices magic or sorcery

A mischevous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts