clowning vs shtik

clowning and shtik both are nouns.

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

As nouns, shtik is a hyponym of clowning; that is, shtik is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clowning:

Other hyponyms of clowning include schtick, schtik, shtick.

clowning (noun)	shtik (noun)
acting like a clown or buffoon	(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
a comic incident or series of incidents	(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
	(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
	(Yiddish) a little; a piece