brute vs half-breed

brute and half-breed both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brute	Yes	Yes	No	No
half-breed	Yes	Yes	No	No

brute (noun)	half-breed (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)
a cruelly rapacious person

brute (adjective)	half-breed (adjective)
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility	(of animals) having only one purebred parent