claim vs pretend

claim and pretend both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
claim	Yes	No	Yes	No
pretend	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, pretend is a hyponym of claim; that is, pretend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than claim:

Other hyponyms of claim include profess, contend, postulate, make out, purport, profess, charge.

As verbs, pretend is a hyponym of claim; that is, pretend is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than claim:

claim: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
pretend: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

Other hyponyms of claim include requisition, arrogate, assign.

claim (noun)	pretend (noun)
demand for something as rightful or due	the enactment of a pretense
an established or recognized right
an informal right to something
an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
a demand
an assertion that something is true or factual

claim (adjective)	pretend (adjective)
	imagined as in a play

claim (verb)	pretend (verb)
assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing	make believe with the intent to deceive
take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs	represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example	put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
lay claim to; as of an idea	state insincerely
demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to	behave unnaturally or affectedly
	put forward a claim and assert right or possession of