Track vs. Trick — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Track and Trick
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Definitions
Track
A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.
Trick
A cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone
He's a double-dealer capable of any mean trick
Track
A path, route, or course indicated by such marks
An old wagon track through the mountains.
Trick
A peculiar or characteristic habit or mannerism
She had a trick of clipping off certain words and phrases
Track
A path along which something moves; a course
Following the track of an airplane on radar.
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Trick
(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a sequence of cards forming a single round of play. One card is laid down by each player, the highest card being the winner.
Track
A course of action; a method of proceeding
On the right track for solving the puzzle.
Trick
A prostitute's client.
Track
An intended or proper course
Putting a stalled project back on track.
Trick
A sailor's turn at the helm, usually lasting for two or four hours.
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Track
A succession of ideas; a train of thought.
Trick
Cunningly deceive or outwit
Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards
Track
Awareness of something occurring or passing
Keeping track of the score.
Lost all track of time.
Trick
Sketch (a coat of arms) in outline, with the colours indicated by letters or signs.
Track
A course laid out for running or racing.
Trick
Intended or used to deceive or mystify, or to create an illusion
A trick question
Track
Athletic competition on such a course; track events.
Trick
Liable to fail; defective
A trick knee
Track
Track and field.
Trick
An act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means.
Track
A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run.
Trick
A mischievous action; a prank
Likes to play tricks on the other students in the dorm.
Track
Tracks The boundary, formerly often delineated by train tracks, that separates two neighborhoods of different social class
Grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.
Trick
A stupid, disgraceful, or childish act
Don't let the kids pull any tricks while we're gone.
Track
Either of the continuous metal belts with which vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks move over the ground.
Trick
A peculiar trait or characteristic; a mannerism
“Mimicry is the trick by which a moth or other defenseless insect comes to look like a wasp” (Marston Bates).
Track
A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus.
Trick
A peculiar event with unexpected, often deceptive results
“One of history's cruelest tricks is to take words that sounded good at the time and make them sound pretty stupid” (David Owen).
Track
Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs
Academic, vocational, and general tracks.
Trick
A deceptive or illusive appearance; an illusion
This painting plays tricks on the eyes.
Track
A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.
Trick
A special skill; a knack
Is there a trick to getting this window to stay up?.
Track
A distinct selection from an audio or video recording, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work
The title track of an album.
Trick
A convention or specialized skill peculiar to a particular field of activity
Learned the tricks of the winemaking trade.
Track
One of two or more separate recordings that are combined so as to be replayed simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction
Mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.
Trick
A feat of magic or legerdemain.
Track
One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk.
Trick
A difficult, dexterous, or clever act designed to amuse
Does your dog do any tricks?.
Track
A set of digital data encoded consecutively on an optical disc.
Trick
All the cards played in a single round, one from each player.
Track
Tracks(Slang) Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use.
Trick
One such round.
Track
To follow the tracks of; trail
Tracking game through the forest.
Trick
A period or turn of duty, as at the helm of a ship.
Track
To leave marks made of (dirt or mud, for example) on a surface
The dog tracked mud on the rug.
Trick
(Slang) A prison term.
Track
To leave marks on (a floor, for example) when moving or traversing
You're tracking up my nice clean floor!.
Trick
An act of prostitution.
Track
To observe or monitor the course of (an aircraft, for example), as by radar.
Trick
A prostitute's customer.
Track
To observe the progress of; follow
Tracking the company's performance daily.
Trick
A session carried out by a prostitute with a client.
Track
To determine or discover the location or origin of
Tracked the money to an offshore account.
Trick
(Slang) A robbery or theft.
Track
To equip with a track.
Trick
To cheat or deceive or to practice trickery or deception.
Track
To assign (a student) to a curricular track.
Trick
Of, relating to, or involving tricks.
Track
To follow a course; travel
The storm is tracking up the coast.
Trick
Capable of performing tricks
A trick dog.
Track
To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels.
Trick
Designed or made for doing a trick or tricks
Trick cards.
Trick dice.
Track
To be in alignment
The gears are not tracking properly.
Trick
Weak, defective, or liable to fail
A trick knee.
Track
To follow the undulations in the groove of a phonograph record. Used of a needle.
Trick
Something designed to fool or swindle.
It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.
Track
To move across magnetic heads. Used of magnetic tape.
Trick
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.
Track
To move in relation to a subject being filmed. Used of a camera or camera crew.
Trick
An entertaining difficult physical action.
That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
Track
A mark left by something that has passed along.
Follow the track of the ship.
Can you see any tracks in the snow?
Trick
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
Tricks of the trade;
What's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?
Track
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
The fox tracks were still visible in the snow.
Trick
Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
The tricks of boys
They played a crude trick on the teacher.
Track
The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
Trick
(dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
A trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning
Track
A road or other similar beaten path.
Follow the track for a hundred metres.
Trick
A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
Track
Physical course; way.
Astronomers predicted the track of the comet.
Trick
(card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts.
Track
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
The athletes ran round the track.
Trick
(slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
Turn a trick
Turn tricks
Track
The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
Trick
(slang) A customer or client of a prostitute.
As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."
Track
(railways) The way or rails along which a train moves. Category:en:Rail transportation
They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.
Trick
A term of abuse.
Track
A tract or area, such as of land.
Trick
A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
Track
(slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
Trick
(nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
Track
Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
Trick
A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
Track
(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
Trick
(transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
Track
(automotive) caterpillar track
Trick
(heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
Track
(cricket) The pitch.
Trick
To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
Track
Sound stored on a record.
Trick
Involving trickery or deception.
Trick photography
Track
The physical track on a record.
Trick
Able to perform tricks.
A trick pony
Track
(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine".
Trick
Defective or unreliable.
A trick knee
Track
A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
Trick
Stylish or cool.
Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.
Track
The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
I'm going to try out for track next week.
Trick
An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.
He comes to me for counsel, and I show him a trick.
I know a trick worth two of that.
Track
A themed set of talks within a conference.
Trick
A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
Track
Clipping of trackshoe
Trick
Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys.
Track
To continue over time.
Trick
A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning.
The trick of that voice I do well remember.
He hath a trick of CŒur de Lion's face.
Track
(transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
We will track the raven population over the next six months.
Trick
A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
Track
(transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid.
Trick
The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players.
On one nice trick depends the general fate.
Track
(transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
My height tracks my father's at my age, so I might end up as tall as him.
Trick
A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, - usually two hours.
Track
To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time.
Trick
A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
Track
To move.
The hurricane tracked further west than expected.
Trick
To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse.
Track
(transitive) To traverse; to move across.
Trick
To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; - often followed by up, off, or out.
People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds.
They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been.
Track
(transitive) To tow.
Trick
To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry.
They forget that they are in the statutes: . . . there they are tricked, they and their pedigrees.
Track
(intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
Is the patient tracking? Does he know where he is?
Trick
A cunning or deceitful action or device;
He played a trick on me
He pulled a fast one and got away with it
Track
(transitive) To follow the tracks of.
My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud.
Trick
A period of work or duty
Track
(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night.
Trick
An attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent;
That offer was a dirty trick
Track
(transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.
Trick
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
Track
To create a musical recording (a track).
Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week.
Trick
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Track
To create music using tracker software.
Trick
Deceive somebody;
We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
Track
To make sense; to be consistent with known information
Track
A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
The bright track of his fiery car.
Track
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
Far from track of men.
Track
The entire lower surface of the foot; - said of birds, etc.
Track
A road; a beaten path.
Behold Torquatus the same track pursue.
Track
Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
Track
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
Track
The permanent way; the rails.
Track
A tract or area, as of land.
Track
To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.
It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses.
Track
To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
Track
A line or route along which something travels or moves;
The hurricane demolished houses in its path
The track of an animal
The course of the river
Track
Evidence pointing to a possible solution;
The police are following a promising lead
The trail led straight to the perpetrator
Track
A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
Track
A course over which races are run
Track
A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc;
He played the first cut on the cd
The title track of the album
Track
An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
Track
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
Track
A groove on a phonograph recording
Track
A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
Track
Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
Track
The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
Track
Carry on the feet and deposit;
Track mud into the house
Track
Observe or plot the moving path of something;
Track a missile
Track
Go after with the intent to catch;
The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
The dog chased the rabbit
Track
Travel across or pass over;
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
Track
Make tracks upon
