acquaintance vs actor

acquaintance and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of acquaintance include doer, worker.

acquaintance (noun)	actor (noun)
personal knowledge or information about someone or something	a theatrical performer
a person with whom you are acquainted	a person who acts and gets things done
a relationship less intimate than friendship