spitter vs actor

spitter and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of spitter include doer, worker.

spitter (noun)	actor (noun)
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it	a theatrical performer
a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)	a person who acts and gets things done