Dictionary.com lists plagiarist as the noun form of plagiarism and lists plagiarizer as the noun form of plagiarize. I do not see the distinction of the separate entries and expected both words to be listed as noun forms.
Learn English – difference between “plagiarizer” and “plagiarist”
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Best Answer
There are many1 -ist/-izer pairs in which one could imagine some difference in meaning between them, such as in (perhaps) at least some of these pairs:
However, it turns out that in this particular case, the OED defines both to be exactly the same:
1. There being something like 154 such -ist/-izer pairs in the OED. This is a little under half the total number of -izer words (323), but only a very small portion of the total number of -ist words therein attested (3,774).