tolerate vs take a joke

tolerate and take a joke both are verbs.

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

As verbs, take a joke is a hyponym of tolerate; that is, take a joke is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tolerate:

Other hyponyms of tolerate include accept, live with, swallow, hold still for, stand for, bear up, take lying down, sit out, pay.

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