pretender vs dissembler

pretender and dissembler both are nouns.

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

As nouns, pretender and dissembler are synonyms defined as:

pretender and dissembler: 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

Other synonyms of pretender include dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony.

pretender (noun)	dissembler (noun)
a person who makes deceitful pretenses	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
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