darter vs animal

darter and animal both are nouns.

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

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

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

darter (noun)	animal (noun)
a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

darter (adjective)	animal (adjective)
	marked by the appetites and passions of the body