pretense vs deception

pretense and deception both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pretense	Yes	No	No	No
deception	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deception is a hypernym of pretense; that is, deception is a word with a broader meaning than pretense:

Other hypernyms of pretense include deceit, dissembling, dissimulation.

As nouns, deception is a hypernym of pretense; that is, deception is a word with a broader meaning than pretense:

Other hypernyms of pretense include deceit, misrepresentation.

pretense (noun)	deception (noun)
the act of giving a false appearance	the act of deceiving
a false or unsupportable quality	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
an artful or simulated semblance	a misleading falsehood
imaginative intellectual play
pretending with intention to deceive