insectivore vs animate being

insectivore and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

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