beast vs animate being

beast and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of beast include animal, brute, creature, fauna.

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