Actor and Dummy

Actor

Actor noun - One who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show).

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Dummy and actor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dummy" instead a noun "Actor".

Nearby Words: acting, actress

Dummy noun - A stupid person.

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Actor and dummy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Actor" instead a noun "Dummy".

Nearby Word: dummied

live	live actor	live dummy
old	old actor	old dummy
good	good actor	good dummy
actual	actual actor	actual dummy
Other adjectives: real, male, big, terrible, main, animated, famous, new, different, previous.

While both have Irish last names, Kellaway is portrayed by Jewish actor Peter Riegert, and he is short and the streetsmart and cynical one while Doyle is the big lovable dummy.

Source: Irishman and a Jew
In Dracula: Dead and Loving It, when Lucy Westenra is staked after becoming a vampire, "Harker" actor Steven Weber wasn't told the massive amount of stage blood that would come from the dummy.

Source: Enforced Method Acting / Film
Her motion actor said that the dummy gun she had to point around was so big and heavy she 'had bruises all over [her] body' from handling it.

Source: BFG

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