survivor vs animal

survivor and animal both are nouns.

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

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

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

survivor (noun)	animal (noun)
an animal that survives in spite of adversity	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
one who outlives another
one who lives through affliction

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