sham vs pretend

sham and pretend both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sham	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
pretend	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, sham and pretend are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of sham include affect, dissemble, feign.

As verbs, pretend is a hypernym of sham; that is, pretend is a word with a broader meaning than sham:

Other hypernyms of sham include act, dissemble.

sham (noun)	pretend (noun)
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be	the enactment of a pretense
a person who makes deceitful pretenses

sham (adjective)	pretend (adjective)
adopted in order to deceive	imagined as in a play

sham (verb)	pretend (verb)
make believe with the intent to deceive	make believe with the intent to deceive
make a pretence of	represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
	put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
	state insincerely
	behave unnaturally or affectedly
	put forward a claim and assert right or possession of