name dropper vs role player

name dropper and role player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
name dropper	Yes	No	No	No
role player	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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