captive vs animate being

captive and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of captive include animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

captive (noun)	animate being (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)	animate being (adjective)
giving or marked by complete attention to
being in captivity