wit vs humourist

wit and humourist both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of wit include humorist.

wit (noun)	humourist (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