onanist vs actor

onanist and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of onanist include doer, worker.

onanist (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who practices masturbation	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done