mascot vs being

mascot and being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mascot	Yes	No	No	No
being	Yes	No	No	No

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

mascot: a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure
being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of mascot include organism.

mascot (noun)	being (noun)
a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
	the state or fact of existing