comedienne vs comic

comedienne and comic both are nouns.

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

As nouns, comic is a hypernym of comedienne; that is, comic is a word with a broader meaning than comedienne:

Other hypernyms of comedienne include comedian.

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

comedienne (adjective)	comic (adjective)
	of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
	arousing or provoking laughter