prey vs brute

prey and brute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prey	Yes	No	Yes	No
brute	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, brute is a hypernym of prey; that is, brute is a word with a broader meaning than prey:

Other hypernyms of prey include animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna.

prey (noun)	brute (noun)
animal hunted or caught for food	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence	a cruelly rapacious person

prey (adjective)	brute (adjective)
	resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

prey (verb)	brute (verb)
profit from in an exploitatory manner
prey on or hunt for