quarry vs brute

quarry and brute both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

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