semblance vs pretense

semblance and pretense both are nouns.

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

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

semblance: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
pretense: an artful or simulated semblance

semblance (noun)	pretense (noun)
picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing	the act of giving a false appearance
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading	a false or unsupportable quality
an erroneous mental representation	an artful or simulated semblance
	imaginative intellectual play
	pretending with intention to deceive