surmise vs pretend

surmise and pretend both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of surmise include guess, hazard, venture.

surmise (noun)	pretend (noun)
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence	the enactment of a pretense

surmise (adjective)	pretend (adjective)
	imagined as in a play

surmise (verb)	pretend (verb)
infer from incomplete evidence	make believe with the intent to deceive
imagine to be the case or true or probable	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