faller vs actor

faller and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of faller include doer, worker.

faller (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who falls	a theatrical performer
a person who fells trees	a person who acts and gets things done