applicant vs actor

applicant and actor both are nouns.

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

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

applicant: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of applicant include doer, worker.

applicant (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done