acting vs play-actor

acting

noun
  • The occupation of an actor. 

  • Pretending. 

  • Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action. 

adj
  • Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job. 

play-actor

noun
  • An actor who performs on stage, especially one who is part of an acting troupe. 

How often have the words acting and play-actor occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )