bodily function vs festering

festering vs bodily function

bodily function and festering both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
festering: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

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, expectoration, 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)	festering (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	a fluid product of inflammation
	(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

Difference between bodily function and festering

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