bodily function vs expectoration

expectoration vs bodily function

bodily function and expectoration both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
expectoration: the process of coughing up and spitting out

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, emission, expelling, 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)	expectoration (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
	the process of coughing up and spitting out

Difference between bodily function and expectoration

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