bodily function vs external respiration

external respiration vs bodily function

bodily function and external respiration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bodily function	Yes	No	No	No
external respiration	Yes	No	No	No

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
external respiration: 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, breathing, 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)	external respiration (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

Difference between bodily function and external respiration

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