revenant vs actor

revenant and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of revenant include doer, worker.

revenant (noun)	actor (noun)
someone who has returned from the dead	a theatrical performer
a person who returns after a lengthy absence	a person who acts and gets things done

revenant (adjective)	actor (adjective)
of or relating to or typical of a revenant
coming back