visual joke vs jape

visual joke and jape both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
visual joke	Yes	No	No	No
jape	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, jape is a hypernym of visual joke; that is, jape is a word with a broader meaning than visual joke:

visual joke: a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
jape: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

Other hypernyms of visual joke include gag, jest, joke, laugh.

visual joke (noun)	jape (noun)
a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)	a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter