pretender vs cheater

pretender and cheater both are nouns.

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

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

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

As nouns, cheater is a hypernym of pretender; that is, cheater 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
cheater: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

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

pretender (noun)	cheater (noun)
a person who makes deceitful pretenses	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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