primate vs anthropoid

primate and anthropoid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
primate	Yes	No	No	No
anthropoid	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, anthropoid is a hyponym of primate; that is, anthropoid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than primate:

primate: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
anthropoid: any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids

Other hyponyms of primate include simian, ape, hominoid, hominid, monkey, prosimian, lemur, tarsier.

primate (noun)	anthropoid (noun)
any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet	any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
a senior clergyman and dignitary	person who resembles a nonhuman primate

primate (adjective)	anthropoid (adjective)
	resembling human beings
	resembling apes