name dropper vs pseudo

name dropper and pseudo both are nouns.

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

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

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

name dropper (noun)	pseudo (noun)
someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

name dropper (adjective)	pseudo (adjective)
	(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of