Actor vs. Hero — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Actor and Hero
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Actor
An actor is a person who portrays a character in a performance (also actress; see below). The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television.
Hero
A hero (heroine in its feminine form) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly solely gender-specific terms (like actor), hero is often used to refer to any gender, though heroine only refers to women.
Actor
A person who behaves in the manner of a character, usually by reciting scripted dialogue, in order to entertain an audience, especially in a play, movie, or television show.
Hero
A priestess of Aphrodite beloved by Leander.
Actor
One who takes part; a participant
"France, Britain ... and any other external actors now involved ... in the affairs of the continent" (Helen Kitchen).
ADVERTISEMENT
Hero
A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed one's life
Soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.
Actor
One, such as the manager of a business, who acts for another.
Hero
A person noted for special achievement in a particular field
The heroes of medicine.
Actor
In civil law, the plaintiff in an action.
Hero
The principal character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation.
Actor
Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
Hero
In mythology and legend, an individual, often a man of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for bold exploits, and favored by the gods.
Actor
(obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
Hero
See submarine sandwich.
Actor
Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
Hero
Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
Actor
A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
Hero
A role model.
Actor
An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Hero
The protagonist in a work of fiction.
Actor
(grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
Hero
(poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: any opponent player. Not to be confused with a weak call against a supposed bluff.
Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.
Actor
(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
Hero
(US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
Actor
One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
Hero
The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed, as in food advertising, or with props used in a movie.
Actor
A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
After a well graced actor leaves the stage.
Hero
(web design) The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold.
Actor
An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Hero
An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
Actor
A theatrical performer
Hero
A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.
Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
Actor
A person who acts and gets things done;
He's a principal actor in this affair
When you want something done get a doer
He's a miracle worker
Hero
The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid.
The shining quality of an epic hero.
Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind.
Hero
A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength;
RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
Hero
The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
Hero
Someone who fights for a cause
Hero
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
Hero
(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
Hero
(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
Hero
A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Gloss vs. SatinNext Comparison
Tundra vs. Desert