role

How to sign: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
"the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role";

Similiar / Same: function, office, part

Categories: duty

Within this category: capacity, hat, portfolio, second fiddle, stead

role

How to sign: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
"she played the part of Desdemona";

Similiar / Same: theatrical role, persona, character, part

Categories: characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal

Within this category: bit part, heavy, hero, heroine, ingenue, title role, villain