Difference between Protesters and Dissident

PROTESTERS vs DISSIDENT: NOUN

A person who dissents from some established policy
One who differs or dissents from others in regard to anything; especially, an opponent of or dissenter from a prevailing opinion, method, etc.
Specifically— A dissenter; one who separates from an established religion.
Especially— Under the old elective monarchy of Poland, when the established church was Roman Catholic, a Lutheran, Calvinist, Arminian, or adherent of the Greek Church, who was allowed the free exercise of his faith.
One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
A person who formally opposes the current political structure, opposes the political group in power, opposes the policies of the political group in power, or opposes current laws.
One who disagrees; a dissenter.

Dissenting; not conforming; specifically, dissenting from an established church.
Different; at variance.

Dissenters, Crowds, Dissidents, Campaigners, Pickets, Demonstrations, Activists, Rioters, Marchers, Demonstrators, Contestant, Dissenter, Dissident, Objector, Demonstrator

Splinter, Opposition, Dissent, Rebel, Dissidence, Dissentient, Negative, Contestant, Unorthodox, Objector, Heretical, Protester, Heterodox, Dissenter, Dissenting

Supporters, Anarchists, Counterdemonstration, Tear gas, Protestant, Petitioners, Opponents, Insurgents, Crowds, Dissidents, Rioters, Marchers, Contestant, Dissenter, Dissident

Separatist, Insurgent, Splinter, Opposition, Dissent, Rebel, Dissidence, Dissentient, Negative, Contestant, Unorthodox, Heretical, Heterodox, Dissenter, Dissenting

Monday and who beat protesters in late July.
Drivers are plowing into crowds of peaceful protesters.
Cellebrite, to break into smartphones seized from protesters.
The rallies were permitted and initially the protesters followed the terms of the permits but some of the protesters began blocking the street.
In any case, if you think about it, there is little to separate the left anti war protesters from the right anti abortion protesters.
Chicago police and protesters respond to the incident between a police van driving through a group of protesters.
When unarmed protesters moved near the bulldozers, the guards used pepper spray and guard dogs to attack the protesters.
Protesters and police clashed again on the Dakota Access pipeline as protesters tried to push past the Backwater Bridge.
After taking pictures of officers beating protesters, he was attacked as police tried to seize his camera and fellow protesters helped him escape.
While often protesters are simply detained in order for officers to effectively control a crowd, some protesters do get charged with crimes.

Bildt shared the chairmanship with former Polish dissident Adam Michnik.
Eastern part of the country controlled by dissident groups.
Englebart restocks her dissident acropetally, she tongs it dubiously.
Ross Perot, and such dissident Republicans as Pat Buchanan.
Meanwhile, other dissident movements were making headway throughout Ethiopia.
Do we see another rise of the dissident activities?.
Lara Trump and exiled Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng.
Collectively, they became known as the Dissident Eight.
The threat of dissident republicans in Northern Ireland.
With his help, work of dissident Andrei Sakharov was smuggled to the west, and his Alexander Herzen Foundation published dissident Soviet literature.