ancient vs actor

ancient and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of ancient include doer, worker.

ancient (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who lived in ancient times	a theatrical performer
a very old person	a person who acts and gets things done

ancient (adjective)	actor (adjective)
very old
belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire