Intent and Trick

Intent

Intent noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Trick and intent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun "Intent".

Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Intent and trick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intent" instead a noun "Trick".

Nearby Words: tricky, trickery, trickle, tricked, trickster

good	good intent	good trick
exact	exact intent	exact trick
usual	usual intent	usual trick
specific	specific intent	specific trick
Other adjectives: obvious, actual, real, evil, little, cruel, main, ultimate, different.

When someone wants an important Plot Device, one trick is to make a replica of the object, with the intent of tricking the opponent into thinking that the phony is the real McCoy.

Source: Fakin' MacGuffin
However, he uses it with the intent of making things vanish under an ordinary cloth as a magic trick.

Source: Literature / The Tommyknockers
Southern Gentlemen: Skippy pretends to be one in one episode to trick Croco into handing over an associate's old ferry the crocodile was intent on destroying.

Source: Western Animation / Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown

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