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Scoundrel vs Trickster - What's the difference?

scoundrel | trickster |

As nouns the difference between scoundrel and trickster

is that scoundrel is a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue while trickster is a mythological figure responsible for teaching others through the use of guile and treason.

scoundrel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood / Has crept through soundrels ever since the flood.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * scoundrelly

    See also

    trickster

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Trickster (especially in the sense of the mythological figure)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mythological figure responsible for teaching others through the use of guile and treason.
  • One who performs a trick.
  • An impish or playful person.
  • A fraud (person who performs a trick for the purpose of unlawful gain).

    • Related terms

    * trick

    See also

    * Loki * jester * prankster * gadfly