technologist vs actor

technologist and actor both are nouns.

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

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

technologist: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of technologist include doer, worker.

technologist (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done