varmint vs animal

varmint and animal both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

varmint (noun)	animal (noun)
any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
an irritating or obnoxious person

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