take a joke vs abide

take a joke and abide both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take a joke	No	No	Yes	No
abide	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, abide is a hypernym of take a joke; that is, abide is a word with a broader meaning than take a joke:

Other hypernyms of take a joke include bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate.

take a joke (verb)	abide (verb)
listen to a joke at one's own expense	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
	dwell