histrion vs tragedian

tragedian vs histrion

histrion and tragedian both are nouns.

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

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

histrion: a theatrical performer
tragedian: an actor who specializes in tragic roles

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, screen actor, lead, principal, star, extra, spear carrier, supernumerary, standby, understudy, upstager, walk-on.

histrion (noun)	tragedian (noun)
a theatrical performer	an actor who specializes in tragic roles
	a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies

Difference between histrion and tragedian

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