comic vs performing artist

comic and performing artist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
comic	Yes	Yes	No	No
performing artist	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of comic include performer.

comic (noun)	performing artist (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)	performing artist (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
arousing or provoking laughter