reliance vs dependance

reliance and dependance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reliance	Yes	No	No	No
dependance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dependance is a hypernym of reliance; that is, dependance is a word with a broader meaning than reliance:

reliance: the state of relying on something
dependance: the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

Other hypernyms of reliance include dependence, dependency.

reliance (noun)	dependance (noun)
certainty based on past experience	the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
the state of relying on something	being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)