bodily function vs intake

intake vs bodily function

bodily function and intake both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
intake: 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, ingestion, 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)	intake (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
	the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
	an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

Difference between bodily function and intake

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