zooplankton vs animate being

zooplankton and animate being both are nouns.

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

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

zooplankton: animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae
animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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

zooplankton (noun)	animate being (noun)
animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement