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Actor vs Member - What's the difference?

actor | member |

As nouns the difference between actor and member

is that actor is a person who performs in a theatrical play or film while member is member (person).

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

    Related terms

    * act * acting * action * actress * actual * transaction

    External links

    * * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    member

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) membre, from (etyl) membre, from (etyl) . Coexists with native (etyl) lim, ).

    Alternative forms

    * membre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who officially belongs to a group.
  • A part of a whole.
    • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
  • * 1979 , Kenneth J. Englund, "The Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carbonfierous) Systems in the United States - Virginia", Page C-14, in Geological Survey Professional Paper , Volume 1110
    • The member' intertongues and grades laterally with the lower sandstone ' member of the Pocahontas Formation of Early Pennslyvanian age
  • Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  • * Bible, Rom. xii. 4
    • We have many members' in one body, and all ' members have not the same office.
  • The penis.
  • (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  • (set theory) An element of a set.
  • (computing, programming) In object-oriented programming, a function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.
  • (AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  • A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
  • (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
    • Synonyms
    * (limb) limb, lith * (penis) penis, pintle * (of a syllogism) premise, premiss * (of a set) element
    Derived terms
    * crewmember * dismember * male member * member of staff * membership
    Descendants
    * Japanese:

    Etymology 2

    See remember.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To remember.
  • (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.
    • (Webster 1913) 1000 English basic words ----