feeder vs brute

feeder and brute both are nouns.

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

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

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

feeder (noun)	brute (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 cruelly rapacious person
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)	brute (adjective)
	resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility