ribaldry vs wittiness

ribaldry and wittiness both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

ribaldry (noun)	wittiness (noun)
behavior or language bordering on indelicacy	The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious.
ribald humor	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter