political leader vs politico

political leader and politico both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
political leader	Yes	No	No	No
politico	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, political leader and politico are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of political leader include pol, politician.

political leader (noun)	politico (noun)
a person active in party politics	a person active in party politics