live wire vs actor

live wire and actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
live wire	Yes	No	No	No
actor	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of live wire include doer, worker.

live wire (noun)	actor (noun)
an alert and energetic person	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done