fictitious vs pretended

fictitious and pretended both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, fictitious and pretended are synonyms defined as:

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

fictitious (adjective)	pretended (adjective)
adopted in order to deceive	adopted in order to deceive
formed or conceived by the imagination