pose vs pretending

pose and pretending both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pose	Yes	No	Yes	No
pretending	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pretending is a hypernym of pose; that is, pretending is a word with a broader meaning than pose:

Other hypernyms of pose include feigning, pretence, pretense, simulation.

pose (noun)	pretending (noun)
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display	the act of giving a false appearance
affected manners intended to impress others
a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

pose (verb)	pretending (verb)
be a mystery or bewildering to
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
put into a certain place or abstract location
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
offer for others to consider