wittiness vs message

wittiness and message both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wittiness	Yes	No	No	No
message	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, message is a hypernym of wittiness; that is, message is a word with a broader meaning than wittiness:

wittiness: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
message: content communicating a message; what something is about

Other hypernyms of wittiness include content, subject matter, substance.

wittiness (noun)	message (noun)
The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious.	content communicating a message; what something is about
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter	a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled