performing artist vs instrumentalist

instrumentalist vs performing artist

performing artist and instrumentalist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
performing artist	Yes	No	No	No
instrumentalist	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of performing artist 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.

performing artist (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 performing artist and instrumentalist

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