darter vs animate being

darter and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

darter (noun)	animate being (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