animate being vs brute

animate being and brute both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

animate being (adjective)	brute (adjective)
	resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility