Tricky vs Cox - What's the difference?
tricky | cox |
hard to deal with, complicated
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adept at using deception
A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
To act as coxswain for.
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)- They were in a tricky situation.
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- A tricky salesman can sell anything.
See also
* sneakycox
English
Noun
(coxes)Derived terms
* coxlessVerb
(es)- The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox a college rowing team.