poke fun vs stultify

poke fun and stultify both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
poke fun	No	No	Yes	No
stultify	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stultify is a hyponym of poke fun; that is, stultify is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than poke fun:

Other hyponyms of poke fun include tease, lampoon, satirise, satirize, debunk, expose.

poke fun (verb)	stultify (verb)
subject to laughter or ridicule	deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
	cause to appear foolish
	prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence