spirit animal vs animate being

spirit animal and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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