varment vs animate being

varment and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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