laughingstock vs victim

laughingstock and victim both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
laughingstock	Yes	No	No	No
victim	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, victim is a hypernym of laughingstock; that is, victim is a word with a broader meaning than laughingstock:

Other hypernyms of laughingstock include dupe.

laughingstock (noun)	victim (noun)
a victim of ridicule or pranks	an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
	a person who is tricked or swindled