jape vs wittiness

jape and wittiness both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

jape (noun)	wittiness (noun)
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter	The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious.
	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter