asthmatic vs actor

asthmatic and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of asthmatic include doer, worker.

asthmatic (noun)	actor (noun)
a person suffering from asthma	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done

asthmatic (adjective)	actor (adjective)
relating to breathing with a whistling sound