mother wit vs discernment

mother wit and discernment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mother wit	Yes	No	No	No
discernment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, discernment is a hypernym of mother wit; that is, discernment is a word with a broader meaning than mother wit:

mother wit: sound practical judgment
discernment: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

Other hypernyms of mother wit include judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity.

mother wit (noun)	discernment (noun)
sound practical judgment	the trait of judging wisely and objectively
	the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
	the cognitive condition of someone who understands
	perception of that which is obscure
	delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)