affectedness vs pretending

affectedness and pretending both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
affectedness	Yes	No	No	No
pretending	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretending is a hypernym of affectedness; that is, pretending is a word with a broader meaning than affectedness:

Other hypernyms of affectedness include feigning, pretence, pretense, simulation.

affectedness (noun)	pretending (noun)
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display	the act of giving a false appearance
the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)