feeder vs animate being

feeder and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

feeder (noun)	animate being (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