histrion vs comedian

comedian vs histrion

histrion and comedian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
histrion	Yes	No	No	No
comedian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, comedian is a hyponym of histrion; that is, comedian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than histrion:

histrion: a theatrical performer
comedian: an actor in a comedy

Other hyponyms of histrion include actress, barnstormer, play-actor, playactor, trouper, character actor, ham, ham actor, heavy, ingenue, leading man, mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist, plant, reenactor, scene-stealer, movie actor, screen actor, lead, principal, star, extra, spear carrier, supernumerary, tragedian, standby, understudy, upstager, walk-on.

histrion (noun)	comedian (noun)
a theatrical performer	a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
	an actor in a comedy

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