harlequinade vs shtik

harlequinade and shtik both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
harlequinade	Yes	No	No	No
shtik	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of harlequinade include schtick, schtik, shtick.

harlequinade (noun)	shtik (noun)
acting like a clown or buffoon	(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
	(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
	(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
	(Yiddish) a little; a piece