pretence vs appearance

pretence and appearance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pretence	Yes	No	No	No
appearance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appearance is a hyponym of pretence; that is, appearance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pretence:

pretence: the act of giving a false appearance
appearance: pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

Other hyponyms of pretence include show, make-believe, pretend, affectation, affectedness, mannerism, pose, charade, masquerade.

pretence (noun)	appearance (noun)
the act of giving a false appearance	the act of appearing in public view
a false or unsupportable quality	formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
an artful or simulated semblance	pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
imaginative intellectual play	outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
pretending with intention to deceive	a mental representation
	the event of coming into sight