blood vs bodily fluid

bodily fluid vs blood

blood and bodily fluid both are nouns.

blood is a verb but bodily fluid is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blood	Yes	No	Yes	No
bodily fluid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bodily fluid is a hypernym of blood; that is, bodily fluid is a word with a broader meaning than blood:

blood: the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
bodily fluid: the liquid parts of the body

Other hypernyms of blood include body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance.

blood (noun)	bodily fluid (noun)
temperament or disposition	the liquid parts of the body
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
the hereditary derivation of an individual
people viewed as members of a group
a dissolute man in fashionable society

blood (verb)	bodily fluid (verb)
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

Difference between blood and bodily fluid

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