bodily function vs ingestion

ingestion vs bodily function

bodily function and ingestion both are nouns.

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

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

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

Difference between bodily function and ingestion

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