maverick

As an adjective maverick is

showing independence in thoughts or actions.

As a noun maverick is

an unbranded range animal.

As adjectives the difference between maverick and iconoclastic

is that maverick is showing independence in thoughts or actions while iconoclastic is characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.

As a noun maverick

is an unbranded range animal.

As nouns the difference between maverick and renegade

is that maverick is an unbranded range animal while renegade is an outlaw or rebel.

As an adjective maverick

is showing independence in thoughts or actions.

As adjectives the difference between maverick and conformist

is that maverick is showing independence in thoughts or actions while conformist is conforming to established customs, etc.

As nouns the difference between maverick and conformist

is that maverick is an unbranded range animal while conformist is someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.

As a proper noun Conformist is

in English history, people whose religious practices conformed with the requirements of the Act of Uniformity and so were in concert with the Established Church, the Church of England -- as opposed to those of Nonconformists whose practices were not acceptable to the Church of England.

As nouns the difference between heretic and maverick

is that heretic is someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to while maverick is an unbranded range animal.

As adjectives the difference between heretic and maverick

is that heretic is heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics while maverick is showing independence in thoughts or actions.