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actor vs radical

radical vs actor

actor and radical both are nouns.

actor is not an adjective while radical is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
actor Yes No No No
radical Yes Yes No No
As nouns, radical is a hyponym of actor; that is, radical is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than actor:
  • actor: a person who acts and gets things done
  • radical: a person who has radical ideas or opinions
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, host, 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, 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) radical (noun)
a theatrical performer a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
a person who acts and gets things done (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
a person who has radical ideas or opinions
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
actor (adjective) radical (adjective)
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
arising from or going to the root or source
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
markedly new or introducing radical change
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