comedian vs comedienne

comedian and comedienne both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
comedian	Yes	No	No	No
comedienne	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, comedienne is a hyponym of comedian; that is, comedienne is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than comedian:

comedian: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
comedienne: a female comedian

Other hyponyms of comedian include buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew, gagman, standup comedian, joker, jokester, top banana.

As nouns, comedienne is a hyponym of comedian; that is, comedienne is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than comedian:

comedian (noun)	comedienne (noun)
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts	a female comedian
an actor in a comedy	a female actor in a comedy