varmint vs animate being

varmint and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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