sight gag vs jape

sight gag and jape both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sight gag	Yes	No	No	No
jape	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, jape is a hypernym of sight gag; that is, jape is a word with a broader meaning than sight gag:

sight gag: a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
jape: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

Other hypernyms of sight gag include gag, jest, joke, laugh.

sight gag (noun)	jape (noun)
a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)	a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter