anachronism vs actor

anachronism and actor both are nouns.

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

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

anachronism: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of anachronism include doer, worker.

anachronism (noun)	actor (noun)
an artifact that belongs to another time	a theatrical performer
a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age	a person who acts and gets things done
something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred