lip service vs pretense

lip service and pretense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lip service	Yes	No	No	No
pretense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretense is a hypernym of lip service; that is, pretense is a word with a broader meaning than lip service:

lip service: an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
pretense: pretending with intention to deceive

Other hypernyms of lip service include dissembling, feigning, pretence.

lip service (noun)	pretense (noun)
an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction	the act of giving a false appearance
	a false or unsupportable quality
	an artful or simulated semblance
	imaginative intellectual play
	pretending with intention to deceive