nominal head vs figurehead

nominal head and figurehead both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nominal head	Yes	No	No	No
figurehead	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nominal head and figurehead are synonyms defined as:

nominal head and figurehead: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Other synonyms of nominal head include front, front man, straw man, strawman.

nominal head (noun)	figurehead (noun)
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity	figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
	a person used as a cover for some questionable activity