histrion vs screen actor

screen actor vs histrion

histrion and screen actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
histrion	Yes	No	No	No
screen actor	Yes	No	No	No

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

histrion: a theatrical performer
screen actor: an actor who plays a role in a film

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

histrion (noun)	screen actor (noun)
a theatrical performer	an actor who plays a role in a film

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