primitive vs actor

actor vs primitive

primitive and actor both are nouns.

primitive is an adjective but actor is not an adjective.

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

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

primitive: a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of primitive include doer, worker.

primitive (noun)	actor (noun)
a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms	a theatrical performer
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived	a person who acts and gets things done
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

primitive (adjective)	actor (adjective)
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

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