joking vs shtick

joking

noun
  • The act of telling or engaging in jokes. 

verb
  • Kidding, trying to fool. 

shtick

noun
  • A generally humorous routine. 

  • A gimmick. 

  • A characteristic trait or theme, especially in the way people or media present themselves. 

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