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actor vs host

host vs actor

actor and host both are nouns.

actor is not a verb while host is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
actor Yes No No No
host Yes No Yes No
As nouns, host is a hyponym of actor; that is, host is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than actor:
  • actor: a person who acts and gets things done
  • host: a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
Other hyponyms of actor include adventurer, venturer, anachronism, applicant, applier, appointee, appointment, capitalist, captor, capturer, changer, modifier, common man, common person, commoner, communicator, contestant, coward, creator, controversialist, disputant, eristic, applied scientist, engineer, technologist, entertainer, experimenter, expert, gipsy, gypsy, individualist, denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant, aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, native, inexperienced person, innocent, intellect, intellectual, lover, loved one, leader, money dealer, money handler, national, subject, nonreligious person, nonworker, compeer, equal, match, peer, beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient, percher, forerunner, precursor, primitive, primitive person, religious person, sensualist, traveler, traveller, unfortunate, unfortunate person, persona non grata, unwelcome person, unskilled person, worker, African, African-American, Black, Negro, Negroid, Caucasian, White, White person, Slav, gentile, Hebrew, Israelite, Jew, Aries, Ram, Bull, Taurus, Gemini, Twin, Cancer, Crab, Leo, Lion, Virgin, Virgo, Balance, Libra, Scorpio, Scorpion, Archer, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Goat, Aquarius, Water Bearer, Fish, Pisces, abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker, achiever, succeeder, success, winner, acquaintance, friend, acquirer, active, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister, advisee, advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent, affiant, agnostic, doubter, amateur, ancient, anti, anti-American, apprehender, appreciator, archaist, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, automaton, zombi, zombie, baby boomer, boomer, baby buster, buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, baldpate, baldy, skin, skinhead, balker, baulker, noncompliant, bullfighter, toreador, bather, beard, bedfellow, bedmate, bereaved, bereaved person, best, topper, birth, biter, blogger, bluecoat, bodybuilder, muscle-builder, muscle builder, musclebuilder, muscleman, bomber, buster, candidate, prospect, caregiver, case, cashier, catch, match, celebrant, celebrater, celebrator, censor, centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist, chameleon, beguiler, charmer, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, aggregator, collector, battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, conservative, conservativist, contemplative, convert, ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator, counter, counterterrorist, crawler, creeper, creditor, dancer, social dancer, debaser, degrader, debitor, debtor, defecator, shitter, voider, delayer, deliverer, demander, demon, dieter, differentiator, discriminator, disentangler, unraveler, unraveller, contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector, protester, divider, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent, double, image, look-alike, dresser, dribbler, driveller, drooler, slobberer, drug user, substance abuser, user, busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie, sharpy, eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball, effecter, effector, elder, senior, Elizabethan, emotional person, animator, energiser, energizer, vitaliser, vitalizer, enjoyer, enrollee, ethnic, adventurer, explorer, ex-spouse, extravert, extrovert, faddist, faller, fastener, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, free spirit, freewheeler, friend, fleer, fugitive, runaway, gainer, gainer, weight gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, ball of fire, go-getter, whiz-kid, whizz-kid, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, saluter, welcomer, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, hater, hoper, huddler, hugger, important person, influential person, personage, interpreter, Jack of all trades, Jat, jumper, junior, killer, slayer, kink, kneeler, knocker, apprehender, knower, kook, odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck, Latin, laugher, assimilator, learner, scholar, student, left-hander, lefty, southpaw, liberal, liberalist, progressive, liberal, lightning rod, linguist, polyglot, literate, literate person, liver, longer, thirster, yearner, loose cannon, mailer, malcontent, manipulator, man of action, man of deeds, married, masturbator, onanist, measurer, nonmember, mestizo, middlebrow, militarist, warmonger, miracle man, miracle worker, misfit, misogamist, modern, monolingual, mother hen, maimer, mangler, mutilator, namer, neglecter, neighbor, neighbour, neutral, nondescript, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonpartizan, nonperson, unperson, nonresident, nonsmoker, nude, nude person, nurser, occultist, optimist, ostrich, ejector, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsperson, owner, possessor, disarmer, pacificist, pacifist, coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer, spoiler, excuser, forgiver, pardoner, partner, party, passer, patrician, perspirer, sweater, philosopher, chooser, picker, selector, pisser, urinator, contriver, deviser, planner, player, pledgee, pledger, posturer, powderer, ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo, powerhouse, preserver, professional, professional person, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quitter, radical, rara avis, rare bird, realist, rectifier, registrant, allayer, comforter, reliever, repeater, recoverer, rescuer, saver, rester, controller, restrainer, revenant, have, rich person, wealthy person, riser, romper, ruler, swayer, rusher, scientist, scratcher, mediocrity, second-rater, cloud seeder, seeder, quester, searcher, seeker, segregate, romanticist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, mover and shaker, shaker, showman, signatory, signer, skidder, slider, slipper, slave, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, sniveler, snuffer, snuffler, sobersides, socialiser, socializer, man of the world, sophisticate, sounding board, sphinx, expectorator, spitter, sprawler, spurner, homebody, stay-at-home, smotherer, stifler, stoic, unemotional person, stooper, stranger, struggler, case, guinea pig, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, yielder, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tagger, tapper, tempter, termer, scourge, terror, threat, testate, testator, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transferee, attempter, essayer, trier, turner, tyrant, ugly duckling, opener, undoer, unfastener, untier, user, vanisher, dupe, victim, Victorian, visionary, waiter, waker, walk-in, needer, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weasel, squirmer, wiggler, wriggler, winker, withholder, witness, worldling, yawner, Black person, blackamoor, mentee, mentoree, prepper, tsundere, paypig, badass.
actor (noun) host (noun)
a theatrical performer an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association
a person who acts and gets things done (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
a vast multitude
any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event
archaic terms for army
the owner or manager of an inn
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
actor (verb) host (verb)
be the host of or for
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