folly vs silliness

folly and silliness both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of folly include indiscretion, injudiciousness, absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, asininity.

folly (noun)	silliness (noun)
foolish or senseless behavior	a ludicrous folly
a stupid mistake	an impulsive scatterbrained manner
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
the quality of being rash and foolish