quarry vs animate being

quarry and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

quarry (noun)	animate being (noun)
animal hunted or caught for food	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

quarry (verb)	animate being (verb)
extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry