clowning vs drollery

clowning and drollery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clowning	Yes	No	No	No
drollery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clowning and drollery are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of clowning include comedy, funniness.

clowning (noun)	drollery (noun)
acting like a clown or buffoon	a quaint and amusing jest
a comic incident or series of incidents	a comic incident or series of incidents