dwarf vs being

dwarf and being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dwarf	Yes	No	Yes	No
being	Yes	No	No	No

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

dwarf: a plant or animal that is atypically small
being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of dwarf include organism.

dwarf (noun)	being (noun)
a plant or animal that is atypically small	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
a person who is markedly small	the state or fact of existing
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

dwarf (verb)	being (verb)
check the growth of
make appear small by comparison