bodily function vs lachrymation

lachrymation vs bodily function

bodily function and lachrymation both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
lachrymation: shedding tears

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, festering, maturation, suppuration, healing, hypostasis, lacrimation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	lachrymation (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	shedding tears

Difference between bodily function and lachrymation

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