sketch vs wittiness

wittiness vs sketch

sketch and wittiness both are nouns.

sketch is a verb but wittiness is not a verb.

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

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

sketch: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
wittiness: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

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

sketch (noun)	wittiness (noun)
preliminary drawing for later elaboration	The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious.
short descriptive summary (of events)	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
a brief literary description

sketch (verb)	wittiness (verb)
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
make a sketch of

Difference between sketch and wittiness

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