tapper vs actor

tapper and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of tapper include doer, worker.

tapper (noun)	actor (noun)
someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire	a theatrical performer
a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks	a person who acts and gets things done
a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly