activity vs external respiration

external respiration vs activity

activity and external respiration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
activity	Yes	No	No	No
external respiration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, external respiration is a hyponym of activity; that is, external respiration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than activity:

activity: an organic process that takes place in the body
external respiration: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Other hyponyms of activity include control, breathing, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, insemination, sleeping, reaction, response, crying, tears, weeping, ablactation, anastalsis, discharge, emission, expelling, expectoration, festering, maturation, suppuration, healing, hypostasis, lachrymation, lacrimation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

activity (noun)	external respiration (noun)
any specific behavior	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically
an organic process that takes place in the body
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active
(chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction

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