ribaldry vs wit

ribaldry and wit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ribaldry	Yes	No	No	No
wit	Yes	No	No	No

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

ribaldry: ribald humor
wit: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Other hypernyms of ribaldry include humor, humour, witticism, wittiness.

ribaldry (noun)	wit (noun)
behavior or language bordering on indelicacy	mental ability
ribald humor	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
	a witty amusing person who makes jokes