take a joke vs tolerate

take a joke and tolerate both are verbs.

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

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

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

take a joke (verb)	tolerate (verb)
listen to a joke at one's own expense	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
	allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
	have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition
	recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)