pretender vs ringer

pretender and ringer both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ringer is a hyponym of pretender; that is, ringer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pretender:

Other hyponyms of pretender include name dropper.

pretender (noun)	ringer (noun)
a person who makes deceitful pretenses	(horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
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 contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
	a person who is almost identical to another
	a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)