metazoan vs animal

metazoan and animal both are nouns.

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

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

metazoan: any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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

metazoan (noun)	animal (noun)
any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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