insectivore vs animal

insectivore and animal both are nouns.

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

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

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

insectivore (noun)	animal (noun)
small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
any organism that feeds mainly on insects

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