survivor vs animate being

survivor and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

survivor (noun)	animate being (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