reenactor vs actor

reenactor and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of reenactor include histrion, player, role player, thespian.

reenactor (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done