slicker vs imitator

imitator vs slicker

slicker and imitator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slicker	Yes	No	No	No
imitator	Yes	No	No	No

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

slicker: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
imitator: someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another

Other hyponyms of slicker include bluffer, four-flusher, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer, defalcator, embezzler, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, counterfeiter, forger, fortune hunter, figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman, dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender, impersonator, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, liar, prevaricator, misleader, charlatan, mountebank, obscurantist, sandbagger, two-timer, utterer.

slicker (noun)	imitator (noun)
a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof	someone who copies the words or behavior of another
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true	someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
a person with good manners and stylish clothing

Difference between slicker and imitator

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