spirit animal vs animal

spirit animal and animal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spirit animal	Yes	No	No	No
animal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, animal is a hypernym of spirit animal; that is, animal is a word with a broader meaning than spirit animal:

spirit animal: An animal whose characteristics match a part of a person's behavior
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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

spirit animal (noun)	animal (noun)
An animal whose characteristics match a part of a person's behavior	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

spirit animal (adjective)	animal (adjective)
	marked by the appetites and passions of the body