advocate vs actor

advocate and actor both are nouns.

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

As nouns, actor is a hypernym of advocate; that is, actor is a word with a broader meaning than advocate:

Other hypernyms of advocate include doer, worker.

advocate (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea	a theatrical performer
a lawyer who pleads cases in court	a person who acts and gets things done

advocate (verb)	actor (verb)
push for something
speak, plead, or argue in favor of