molter vs animal

molter and animal both are nouns.

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

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

molter: an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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

molter (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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