offspring vs animal

offspring and animal both are nouns.

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

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

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

offspring (noun)	animal (noun)
any immature animal	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
something that comes into existence as a result
the immediate descendants of a person

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