wit vs humorist

wit and humorist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wit	Yes	No	No	No
humorist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, humorist is a hypernym of wit; that is, humorist is a word with a broader meaning than wit:

Other hypernyms of wit include humourist.

wit (noun)	humorist (noun)
mental ability	someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
a witty amusing person who makes jokes