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Actor vs Audition - What's the difference?

actor | audition |

As nouns the difference between actor and audition

is that actor is a person who performs in a theatrical play or film while audition is a performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.

As a verb audition is

to evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.

actor

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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).
  • 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) role

    Derived terms

    * straight actor * voice actor * actress

    Anagrams

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    audition

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent
  • I've been to five auditions this week.
  • (uncountable) The sense of hearing
  • His audition was poor.

    Synonyms

    * (performance by an aspiring performer) casting * (performance by an aspiring performer) tryout

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To evaluate one or more performers in through an .
  • * {{quote-book, year=2008, author=(Denis Norden), title=Chips from a Life, chapter=8, isbn=978-0-00-727796-4
  • , passage=I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.}}
  • (label) To take part in such a performance.
  • Derived terms

    * auditioner * auditionee