expectorator vs actor

expectorator and actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expectorator	Yes	No	No	No
actor	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of expectorator include doer, worker.

expectorator (noun)	actor (noun)
a medicine promoting expectoration	a theatrical performer
a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)	a person who acts and gets things done