animate being vs beast

animate being and beast both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animate being	Yes	No	No	No
beast	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animate being and beast are synonyms defined as:

animate being and beast: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other synonyms of animate being include animal, brute, creature, fauna.

animate being (noun)	beast (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	a cruelly rapacious person