acrodont vs animal

acrodont and animal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acrodont	Yes	No	No	No
animal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, animal is a hypernym of acrodont; that is, animal is a word with a broader meaning than acrodont:

acrodont: an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of acrodont include animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

acrodont (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

acrodont (adjective)	animal (adjective)
	marked by the appetites and passions of the body