herbivore vs animate being

herbivore and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

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