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Tricky vs Cox - What's the difference?

tricky | cox |

As an adjective tricky

is hard to deal with, complicated.

As a noun cox is

a coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.

As a verb cox is

to act as coxswain for.

As a proper noun Cox is

{{surname|A=An|English|from=Middle English}} for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.

tricky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • hard to deal with, complicated
  • They were in a tricky situation.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=September 15 , author=Amy Lawrence , title=Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=It was as comfortable an afternoon as Arsène Wenger could have wished for in a situation that can be tricky in between internationals and the upcoming Champions League. }}
  • adept at using deception
  • A tricky salesman can sell anything.

    See also

    * sneaky

    cox

    English

    Noun

    (coxes)
  • A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
  • Derived terms

    * coxless

    Verb

    (es)
  • To act as coxswain for.
  • The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox a college rowing team.

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