vaudevillian vs performer

vaudevillian and performer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vaudevillian	Yes	No	No	No
performer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, performer is a hypernym of vaudevillian; that is, performer is a word with a broader meaning than vaudevillian:

vaudevillian: a performer who works in vaudeville
performer: an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

Other hypernyms of vaudevillian include performing artist.

vaudevillian (noun)	performer (noun)
a performer who works in vaudeville	an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience