bodily function vs consumption

consumption vs bodily function

bodily function and consumption both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
consumption: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Other hyponyms of bodily function include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, 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)	consumption (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the act of consuming something
	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
	(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
	involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Difference between bodily function and consumption

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