ex-spouse vs actor

ex-spouse and actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ex-spouse	Yes	No	No	No
actor	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of ex-spouse include doer, worker.

ex-spouse (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who was formerly a spouse	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done