caricature vs witticism

caricature and witticism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caricature	Yes	No	Yes	No
witticism	Yes	No	No	No

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

caricature: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
witticism: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Other hypernyms of caricature include humor, humour, wit, wittiness.

caricature (noun)	witticism (noun)
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

caricature (verb)	witticism (verb)
represent in or produce a caricature of