performer vs instrumentalist

instrumentalist vs performer

performer and instrumentalist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
performer	Yes	No	No	No
instrumentalist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, instrumentalist is a hyponym of performer; that is, instrumentalist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than performer:

performer: an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
instrumentalist: someone who plays a music as a profession

Other hyponyms of performer include actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian, artiste, baton twirler, twirler, comedian, comic, cowboy, rodeo rider, dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean, executant, fire-eater, fire-swallower, fire walker, geek, headliner, star, juggler, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator, minstrel, monologist, musician, player, puppeteer, Savoyard, sightreader, snake charmer, second banana, straight man, ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, strongman, vaudevillian, ventriloquist, camgirl.

performer (noun)	instrumentalist (noun)
an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience	someone who plays a music as a profession

Difference between performer and instrumentalist

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