bodily function vs anastalsis

anastalsis vs bodily function

bodily function and anastalsis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bodily function	Yes	No	No	No
anastalsis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, anastalsis is a hyponym of bodily function; that is, anastalsis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bodily function:

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
anastalsis: muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis

Other hyponyms of bodily function include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake, sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice, insemination, sleeping, reaction, response, crying, tears, weeping, ablactation, 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.

bodily function (noun)	anastalsis (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis

Difference between bodily function and anastalsis

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