feeder vs animal

feeder and animal both are nouns.

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

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

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

feeder (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
a branch that flows into the main stream
someone who consumes food for nourishment

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