fake vs cheater

fake and cheater both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fake	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
cheater	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cheater is a hypernym of fake; that is, cheater is a word with a broader meaning than fake:

Other hypernyms of fake include beguiler, cheat, deceiver, slicker, trickster.

fake (noun)	cheater (noun)
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
a person who makes deceitful pretenses

fake (adjective)	cheater (adjective)
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

fake (verb)	cheater (verb)
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
make a copy of with the intent to deceive
tamper, with the purpose of deception