funnies vs sketch

funnies and sketch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
funnies	Yes	No	No	No
sketch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sketch is a hypernym of funnies; that is, sketch is a word with a broader meaning than funnies:

funnies: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
sketch: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

Other hypernyms of funnies include cartoon.

funnies (noun)	sketch (noun)
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book	preliminary drawing for later elaboration
	short descriptive summary (of events)
	a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
	a brief literary description

funnies (verb)	sketch (verb)
	describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
	make a sketch of