percipient vs actor

percipient and actor both are nouns.

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

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

percipient: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of percipient include doer, worker.

percipient (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done

percipient (adjective)	actor (adjective)
characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving