pretense vs masquerade

pretense and masquerade both are nouns.

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

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

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

pretense (noun)	masquerade (noun)
the act of giving a false appearance	making a false outward show
a false or unsupportable quality	a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
an artful or simulated semblance	a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
imaginative intellectual play
pretending with intention to deceive

pretense (verb)	masquerade (verb)
	pretend to be someone or something that you are not
	take part in a masquerade