act as vs deport

act as and deport both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
act as	No	No	Yes	No
deport	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, deport is a hypernym of act as; that is, deport is a word with a broader meaning than act as:

act as: pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
deport: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

Other hypernyms of act as include acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, do.

act as (verb)	deport (verb)
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind	behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
function as or act like	expel from a country
	hand over to the authorities of another country