histrion vs playactor

playactor vs histrion

histrion and playactor both are nouns.

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

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

histrion: a theatrical performer
playactor: an actor who travels around the country presenting plays

Other hyponyms of histrion include actress, barnstormer, play-actor, trouper, character actor, comedian, 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)	playactor (noun)
a theatrical performer	an actor who travels around the country presenting plays

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