Acting vs. Representation — What's the Difference?

Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode. Acting involves a broad range of skills, including a well-developed imagination, emotional facility, physical expressivity, vocal projection, clarity of speech, and the ability to interpret drama.

The act of representing or the state of being represented.

Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another.

An image or likeness of something.

The occupation of an actor.

An account or statement, as of facts, allegations, or arguments.

Performance as an actor.

An expostulation; a protest.

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

A presentation or production, as of a play.

Present participle of act

The state or condition of serving as an official delegate, agent, or spokesperson.

An action or deed.

The right or privilege of being represented by delegates having a voice in a legislative body.

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

A body of legislators that serve on behalf of a constituency.

Pretending.

(Law) A statement of fact made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract.

(drama) The occupation of an actor.

(Mathematics) A homomorphism from an algebraic system to a similar system of matrices.

Operating in any way.

That which represents something else.

Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.

The act of representing.

The performance of a part or role in a drama

(legal) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.

Serving temporarily especially as a substitute;

(politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.

(mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.

A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.

A theatrical performance.

A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others

(medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

That which represents.

The state of being represented.

A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image

A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something

The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf

The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

A body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency;

A factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract;

A performance of play

A statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting;

The right of being representated by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body

An activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent