animism vs philosophy

animism and philosophy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animism	Yes	No	No	No
philosophy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, philosophy is a hypernym of animism; that is, philosophy is a word with a broader meaning than animism:

animism: the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls
philosophy: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of animism include doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought.

animism (noun)	philosophy (noun)
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls	the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
	any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation