What is the difference between actor and actress?
actor | actress |
A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
One who acts; a doer.
One who takes part in a situation.
(legal) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
(legal) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
(policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 290:
A female actor on the stage or in films.
* 2011 , "Not going quietly", The Economist , 27 Jan 2011:
Actress is a synonym of actor.
Actress is a derived term of actor.
Actress is a related term of actor.
As nouns the difference between actor and actress
is that actor is a person who performs in a theatrical play or film while actress is a female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).actor
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* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (person who performs in a theatrical play or film) actress (f), performer, player * (one who acts) doer * (one who takes part) participant * (advocate in civil courts or cases) * (a plaintiff) complainant, plaintiff * (one who enacts a policy action) * (entity performing a role in use case analysis) roleDerived terms
* straight actor * voice actor * actressExternal links
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* ----actress
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* actoressNoun
(es)- My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress , advanced the period of my labour.
- Court documents appear to show that Ian Edmondson, a senior News of the World journalist, had authorised Mr Mulcaire to hack phones belonging to Sienna Miller, an actress .