dissident vs recusant

dissident and recusant both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

dissident (adjective)	recusant (adjective)
disagreeing, especially with a majority	refusing to submit to authority
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards	(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England