thoroughbred vs animate being

thoroughbred and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

thoroughbred: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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

thoroughbred (noun)	animate being (noun)
a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares
a well-bred person

thoroughbred (adjective)	animate being (adjective)
having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal