survivor vs actor

survivor and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of survivor include doer, worker.

survivor (noun)	actor (noun)
an animal that survives in spite of adversity	a theatrical performer
one who outlives another	a person who acts and gets things done
one who lives through affliction