dissembler vs pretender

dissembler and pretender both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dissembler	Yes	No	No	No
pretender	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dissembler and pretender are synonyms defined as:

dissembler and pretender: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

Other synonyms of dissembler include dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony.

dissembler (noun)	pretender (noun)
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives	a person who makes deceitful pretenses
	a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives