saluter vs actor

saluter and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of saluter include doer, worker.

saluter (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who greets	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done