japery vs schtik

japery and schtik both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
japery	Yes	No	No	No
schtik	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of japery include schtick, shtick, shtik.

japery (noun)	schtik (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