offspring vs animate being

offspring and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

offspring (noun)	animate being (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