name dropper vs pretender

name dropper and pretender both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
name dropper	Yes	No	No	No
pretender	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretender is a hypernym of name dropper; that is, pretender is a word with a broader meaning than name dropper:

Other hypernyms of name dropper include fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer.

name dropper (noun)	pretender (noun)
someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends	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