activity vs respiration

respiration vs activity

activity and respiration both are nouns.

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

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

activity: an organic process that takes place in the body
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, external respiration, ventilation, 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)	respiration (noun)
any specific behavior	the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
an organic process that takes place in the body	a single complete act of breathing in and out
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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