frivolity vs shtick

frivolity and shtick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
frivolity	Yes	No	No	No
shtick	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of frivolity include schtick, schtik, shtik.

frivolity (noun)	shtick (noun)
acting like a clown or buffoon	(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
something of little value or significance	(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible	(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
	(Yiddish) a little; a piece