jape vs witticism

jape and witticism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jape	Yes	No	No	No
witticism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, witticism is a hypernym of jape; that is, witticism is a word with a broader meaning than jape:

jape: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
witticism: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Other hypernyms of jape include humor, humour, wit, wittiness.

jape (noun)	witticism (noun)
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter