figurehead vs cheater

figurehead and cheater both are nouns.

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

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

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

figurehead (noun)	cheater (noun)
figure on the bow of some sailing vessels	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity