charade vs pretence

charade and pretence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
charade	Yes	No	No	No
pretence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretence is a hypernym of charade; that is, pretence is a word with a broader meaning than charade:

Other hypernyms of charade include feigning, pretending, pretense, simulation.

charade (noun)	pretence (noun)
making a false outward show	the act of giving a false appearance
a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades	a false or unsupportable quality
	an artful or simulated semblance
	imaginative intellectual play
	pretending with intention to deceive