bodily function vs emission

emission vs bodily function

bodily function and emission both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
emission: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

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, anastalsis, discharge, 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)	emission (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
	the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
	the release of electrons from parent atoms
	any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
	a substance that is emitted or released

Difference between bodily function and emission

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