brute vs larva

brute and larva both are nouns.

brute is an adjective but larva is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brute	Yes	Yes	No	No
larva	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, larva is a hyponym of brute; that is, larva is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than brute:

brute: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
larva: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

Other hyponyms of brute include pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, ectotherm, poikilotherm, range animal, varment, varmint, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, male, adult, offspring, young, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate, albino, spirit animal.

brute (noun)	larva (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
a cruelly rapacious person

brute (adjective)	larva (adjective)
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

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