gaucherie vs pratfall

gaucherie and pratfall both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gaucherie	Yes	No	No	No
pratfall	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pratfall is a hypernym of gaucherie; that is, pratfall is a word with a broader meaning than gaucherie:

Other hypernyms of gaucherie include bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup.

gaucherie (noun)	pratfall (noun)
a socially awkward or tactless act	an embarrassing mistake
the quality of being rustic or gauche	a fall onto your buttocks