Strategy and Trick

Strategy

Strategy noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

Usage example: a statewide strategy to raise students' achievement test scores over the next three years

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

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

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

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

old	old strategy	old trick
good	good strategy	good trick
special	special strategy	special trick
best	best strategy	best trick
Other adjectives: exact, particular, similar, usual, common, specific, standard, simple, popular, effective, actual, little, main, clever, new, useful, final, classic, basic, different, favorite.

If ten... the enemies are no longer individuals, but one group... and one is clearly a smaller number than ten, requiring only some clever trick or strategy to best.

Source: Law of One
It almost works, until Coach Klein, after being motivated by Bobby, draws up a trick play that fools the Cougars, eliminating their kneel-down strategy.

Source: Film / The Waterboy
It's a shame that Power Trick Shuckle is for the most part an unreliable strategy...

Source: Pintsized Powerhouse / Video Games

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