spear carrier vs actor

spear carrier and actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spear carrier	Yes	No	No	No
actor	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of spear carrier include histrion, player, role player, thespian.

spear carrier (noun)	actor (noun)
a minor actor in crowd scenes	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done