herbivore vs animal

herbivore and animal both are nouns.

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

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

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

herbivore (noun)	animal (noun)
any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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