actress vs starlet

actress and starlet both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
actress	Yes	No	No	No
starlet	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of actress include leading lady, tragedienne.

actress (noun)	starlet (noun)
a female actor	a small star
	a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star