masquerade vs pretense

masquerade and pretense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
masquerade	Yes	No	Yes	No
pretense	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of masquerade include feigning, pretence, pretending, simulation.

masquerade (noun)	pretense (noun)
making a false outward show	the act of giving a false appearance
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party	a false or unsupportable quality
a party of guests wearing costumes and masks	an artful or simulated semblance
	imaginative intellectual play
	pretending with intention to deceive

masquerade (verb)	pretense (verb)
pretend to be someone or something that you are not
take part in a masquerade