pretender vs cheat

pretender and cheat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pretender	Yes	No	No	No
cheat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cheat is a hypernym of pretender; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than pretender:

Other hypernyms of pretender include beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster.

As nouns, cheat is a hypernym of pretender; that is, cheat is a word with a broader meaning than pretender:

pretender: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
cheat: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

Other hypernyms of pretender include beguiler, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster.

pretender (noun)	cheat (noun)
a person who makes deceitful pretenses	a deception for profit to yourself
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
	weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

pretender (verb)	cheat (verb)
	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
	deprive somebody of something by deceit
	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage