politico vs political leader

politico and political leader both are nouns.

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

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

Other synonyms of politico include pol, politician.

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