performer vs stripper

stripper vs performer

performer and stripper both are nouns.

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

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

performer: an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
stripper: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

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, instrumentalist, musician, player, puppeteer, Savoyard, sightreader, snake charmer, second banana, straight man, ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, strongman, vaudevillian, ventriloquist, camgirl.

performer (noun)	stripper (noun)
an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience	an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day
	a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
	a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
	a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish

Difference between performer and stripper

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.