dependence vs reliance

dependence and reliance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dependence	Yes	No	No	No
reliance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reliance is a hyponym of dependence; that is, reliance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dependence:

dependence: the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
reliance: the state of relying on something

Other hyponyms of dependence include helplessness, subordination, contingency.

dependence (noun)	reliance (noun)
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else	certainty based on past experience
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)	the state of relying on something