ribaldry vs witticism

ribaldry and witticism both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

ribaldry (noun)	witticism (noun)
behavior or language bordering on indelicacy	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
ribald humor