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Actress vs Actless - What's the difference?

actress | actless |

As a noun actress

is .

As an adjective actless is

without action or spirit.

actress

English

Alternative forms

* actoress

Noun

(es)
  • * 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 290:
    • My mental anguish, and the dreadful scenes in which I had been an actress , advanced the period of my labour.
  • A female actor on the stage or in films.
  • * 2011 , "Not going quietly", The Economist , 27 Jan 2011:
    • 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 .

    Usage notes

    * (term) may also be used to refer to a female player.

    Anagrams

    * *

    actless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without action or spirit.

    • Anagrams

    * * *