varment vs beast

varment and beast both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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