animate being vs fauna

animate being and fauna both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

animate being (noun)	fauna (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	all the animal life in a particular region or period