animal skin vs hide

animal skin and hide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animal skin	Yes	No	No	No
hide	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hide is a hyponym of animal skin; that is, hide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than animal skin:

Other hyponyms of animal skin include lambskin, parchment, sheepskin, fell, leather, fur, pelt.

animal skin (noun)	hide (noun)
the outer covering of an animal	body covering of a living animal
	the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

animal skin (verb)	hide (verb)
	make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
	cover as if with a shroud
	prevent from being seen or discovered
	be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety