take a joke vs brook

take a joke is not a noun while brook is a noun.

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

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

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

take a joke (noun)	brook (noun)
	a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

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