metazoan vs animate being

metazoan and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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