spear carrier vs histrion

spear carrier and histrion both are nouns.

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

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

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

spear carrier (noun)	histrion (noun)
a minor actor in crowd scenes	a theatrical performer