thoroughbred vs fauna

thoroughbred and fauna both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thoroughbred	Yes	Yes	No	No
fauna	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

thoroughbred (noun)	fauna (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	all the animal life in a particular region or period
a well-bred person

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