animate being vs organism

animate being and organism both are nouns.

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

As nouns, organism is a hypernym of animate being; that is, organism is a word with a broader meaning than animate being:

animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of animate being include being.

animate being (noun)	organism (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
	a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body