bodily function vs breathing

breathing vs bodily function

bodily function and breathing both are nouns.

bodily function is not an adjective while breathing is an adjective.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
breathing: 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 bodily function include control, 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, 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.

bodily function (noun)	breathing (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

bodily function (adjective)	breathing (adjective)
	passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

Difference between bodily function and breathing

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