captive vs animal

captive and animal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
captive	Yes	Yes	No	No
animal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, animal is a hypernym of captive; that is, animal is a word with a broader meaning than captive:

Other hypernyms of captive include animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

captive (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal that is confined	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion

captive (adjective)	animal (adjective)
giving or marked by complete attention to	marked by the appetites and passions of the body
being in captivity