pretended vs assumed

pretended and assumed both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pretended	No	Yes	No	No
assumed	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, pretended and assumed are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of pretended include false, fictitious, fictive, put on, sham.

pretended (adjective)	assumed (adjective)
adopted in order to deceive	adopted in order to deceive