name dropper vs sham

name dropper and sham both are nouns.

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

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

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

name dropper (noun)	sham (noun)
someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
	a person who makes deceitful pretenses

name dropper (adjective)	sham (adjective)
	adopted in order to deceive

name dropper (verb)	sham (verb)
	make believe with the intent to deceive
	make a pretence of