domestic animal vs animal

domestic animal and animal both are nouns.

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

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

domestic animal: any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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

domestic animal (noun)	animal (noun)
any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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