Slav vs actor

Slav and actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Slav	Yes	Yes	No	No
actor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, actor is a hypernym of Slav; that is, actor is a word with a broader meaning than Slav:

Slav: any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of Slav include European, doer, worker.

Slav (noun)	actor (noun)
any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done

Slav (adjective)	actor (adjective)
speaking a Slavic language