make-believe vs pretend

make-believe and pretend both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
make-believe	Yes	Yes	No	No
pretend	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As adjectives, make-believe and pretend are synonyms defined as:

As nouns, make-believe and pretend are synonyms defined as:

make-believe (noun)	pretend (noun)
the enactment of a pretense	the enactment of a pretense
imaginative intellectual play

make-believe (adjective)	pretend (adjective)
imagined as in a play	imagined as in a play

make-believe (verb)	pretend (verb)
	make believe with the intent to deceive
	represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
	put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
	state insincerely
	behave unnaturally or affectedly
	put forward a claim and assert right or possession of