dissenter vs recusant

dissenter and recusant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dissenter	Yes	No	No	No
recusant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, recusant is a hyponym of dissenter; that is, recusant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dissenter:

dissenter: a person who dissents from some established policy
recusant: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

Other hyponyms of dissenter include CO, conscientious objector, nonconformist, political dissident, NIMBY.

dissenter (noun)	recusant (noun)
a person who dissents from some established policy	someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct

dissenter (adjective)	recusant (adjective)
	refusing to submit to authority
	(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England