actor vs plant

actor and plant both are nouns.

actor is not a verb while plant is a verb.

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

As nouns, plant is a hyponym of actor; that is, plant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than actor:

actor: a theatrical performer
plant: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

Other hyponyms of actor include actress, barnstormer, play-actor, playactor, trouper, character actor, comedian, ham, ham actor, heavy, ingenue, leading man, mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist, reenactor, scene-stealer, movie actor, screen actor, lead, principal, star, extra, spear carrier, supernumerary, tragedian, standby, understudy, upstager, walk-on.

actor (noun)	plant (noun)
a theatrical performer	(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
a person who acts and gets things done	buildings for carrying on industrial labor
	something planted secretly for discovery by another
	an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

actor (verb)	plant (verb)
	put firmly in the mind
	put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
	fix or set securely or deeply
	place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
	set up or lay the groundwork for
	place into a river

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