esprit de l'escalier vs wittiness

esprit de l'escalier and wittiness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
esprit de l'escalier	Yes	No	No	No
wittiness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wittiness is a hypernym of esprit de l'escalier; that is, wittiness is a word with a broader meaning than esprit de l'escalier:

esprit de l'escalier: a witty remark that occurs to you too late
wittiness: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Other hypernyms of esprit de l'escalier include humor, humour, wit, witticism.

esprit de l'escalier (noun)	wittiness (noun)
a witty remark that occurs to you too late	The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious.
	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

esprit de l'escalier vs wittiness

esprit de l'escalier and wittiness both are nouns.

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