moulter vs animal

moulter and animal both are nouns.

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

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

moulter: 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 moulter include animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

moulter (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

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