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Dancer vs Actress - What's the difference?

dancer | actress |

As nouns the difference between dancer and actress

is that dancer is a person who dances or performs (a) dance(s), usually as a job or profession while actress is .

dancer

English

Alternative forms

* dauncer (obsolete) * dawncer (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who dances or performs (a) dance(s), usually as a job or profession.
  • (euphemistic) A stripper.

    • Derived terms

    * ballet dancer * gogo-dancer * pole-dancer

    Synonyms

    * (euphemism for stripper) exotic dancer

    Related terms

    * dancing

    Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns ----

    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

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