creepy-crawly vs animal

creepy-crawly and animal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
creepy-crawly	Yes	Yes	No	No
animal	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

creepy-crawly: an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of creepy-crawly include animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

creepy-crawly (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

creepy-crawly (adjective)	animal (adjective)
causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin	marked by the appetites and passions of the body