pedantry vs fanfare

pedantry and fanfare both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pedantry	Yes	No	No	No
fanfare	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fanfare is a hypernym of pedantry; that is, fanfare is a word with a broader meaning than pedantry:

Other hypernyms of pedantry include flash, ostentation.

pedantry (noun)	fanfare (noun)
an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning	a gaudy outward display
	(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments