progressive vs actor

actor vs progressive

progressive and actor both are nouns.

progressive is an adjective but actor is not an adjective.

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

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

progressive: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of progressive include doer, worker.

progressive (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties	a theatrical performer
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going	a person who acts and gets things done

progressive (adjective)	actor (adjective)
favoring or promoting progress
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases
advancing in severity
gradually advancing in extent
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

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