strangler vs garroter

strangler and garroter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
strangler	Yes	No	No	No
garroter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, strangler and garroter are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of strangler include choker, garrotter, throttler.

strangler (noun)	garroter (noun)
someone who kills by strangling	someone who kills by strangling
an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree