linguist vs actor

linguist and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of linguist include doer, worker.

linguist (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who speaks more than one language	a theatrical performer
a specialist in linguistics	a person who acts and gets things done