performing artist vs musician

musician vs performing artist

performing artist and musician both are nouns.

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

As nouns, musician is a hyponym of performing artist; that is, musician 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
musician: 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, instrumentalist, 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)	musician (noun)
an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience	artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
	someone who plays a music as a profession

Difference between performing artist and musician

Words related to "musician"

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