hilarious vs witty

hilarious

adj
  • Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter. 

  • Full of hilarity; merry. 

witty

adj
  • Full of wit. 

  • Clever; amusingly ingenious. 

  • Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits. 

How often have the words hilarious and witty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )