Actor and Role

Actor

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

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

Nearby Words: acting, actress

Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

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Actor and role are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Actor" with "Role", this nouns are similar.

known	known actor	known role
old	old actor	old role
good	good actor	good role
female	female actor	female role
Other adjectives: notable, regular, original, lead, single, actual, real, male, big, serious, bad, main, famous, new, major, leading, former, supporting, different, previous, starring.

The Cameo: Famous Armenian actor Frunzik Mkrtchyan, who would play a much bigger role with the main character's actor, Vakhtang Kikabidze, in another Danelia film, Mimino, in 1977.

Source: Film / Do Not Grieve
Lost in Character: One version of Batman's death has him killed by an actor who was only pretending to be a supervillain but got too much into the role.

Source: Comic Book / Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
Carole Amherst, in Mutant Ninja Turtles Gaiden, thinks that her brother's funeral was staged and he's now become an actor who plays the role of a mutant turtle studying with fellow actor Raphael.

Source: Oblivious Younger Sibling

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