pretense vs dissimulation

pretense and dissimulation both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of pretense include deceit, deception, dissembling.

pretense (noun)	dissimulation (noun)
the act of giving a false appearance	the act of deceiving
a false or unsupportable quality
an artful or simulated semblance
imaginative intellectual play
pretending with intention to deceive