comic vs performer

comic and performer both are nouns.

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

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

comic: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
performer: an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

Other hypernyms of comic include performing artist.

comic (noun)	performer (noun)
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts	an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

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