theater director vs director

theater director and director both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
theater director	Yes	No	No	No
director	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, theater director and director are synonyms defined as:

theater director and director: someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

Other synonyms of theater director include theatre director.

theater director (noun)	director (noun)
someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show	someone who controls resources and expenditures
	the person who leads a musical group
	someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
	member of a board of directors
	the person who directs the making of a film