jest vs drollery

jest and drollery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jest	Yes	No	Yes	No
drollery	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of jest include waggery, leg-pull, leg-pulling, pleasantry.

jest (noun)	drollery (noun)
activity characterized by good humor	a quaint and amusing jest
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter	a comic incident or series of incidents

jest (verb)	drollery (verb)
act in a funny or teasing way
tell a joke; speak humorously