assumed vs pretended

assumed and pretended both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assumed	No	Yes	No	No
pretended	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, assumed and pretended are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of assumed include false, fictitious, fictive, put on, sham.

assumed (adjective)	pretended (adjective)
adopted in order to deceive	adopted in order to deceive