pretend vs pretending

pretend and pretending both are nouns.

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

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

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

pretend (noun)	pretending (noun)
the enactment of a pretense	the act of giving a false appearance

pretend (adjective)	pretending (adjective)
imagined as in a play

pretend (verb)	pretending (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