bodily function vs lacrimation

lacrimation vs bodily function

bodily function and lacrimation both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
lacrimation: 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, lachrymation, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

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

Difference between bodily function and lacrimation

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