varment vs animal

varment and animal both are nouns.

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

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

varment: any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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

varment (noun)	animal (noun)
any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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