insectivore vs brute

insectivore and brute both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

insectivore (adjective)	brute (adjective)
	resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility