animal starch vs polysaccharide

animal starch and polysaccharide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animal starch	Yes	No	No	No
polysaccharide	Yes	No	No	No

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

animal starch: one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body
polysaccharide: any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

Other hypernyms of animal starch include polyose.

animal starch (noun)	polysaccharide (noun)
one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body	any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules