passer vs actor

passer and actor both are nouns.

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

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

passer: a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of passer include doer, worker.

passer (noun)	actor (noun)
(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass	a theatrical performer
a person who passes by casually or by chance	a person who acts and gets things done
a student who passes an examination
a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group