bon mot vs witticism

bon mot and witticism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bon mot	Yes	No	No	No
witticism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, witticism is a hypernym of bon mot; that is, witticism is a word with a broader meaning than bon mot:

bon mot: a clever remark
witticism: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Other hypernyms of bon mot include humor, humour, wit, wittiness.

bon mot (noun)	witticism (noun)
a clever remark	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter