waker vs actor

waker and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of waker include doer, worker.

waker (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who awakes	a theatrical performer
someone who rouses others from sleep	a person who acts and gets things done