buffoonery vs folly

buffoonery and folly both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buffoonery	Yes	No	No	No
folly	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, folly is a hypernym of buffoonery; that is, folly is a word with a broader meaning than buffoonery:

Other hypernyms of buffoonery include craziness, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery.

buffoonery (noun)	folly (noun)
acting like a clown or buffoon	foolish or senseless behavior
	a stupid mistake
	the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
	the quality of being rash and foolish