bodily function vs lactation

lactation vs bodily function

bodily function and lactation both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
lactation: the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands

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, lacrimation, tearing, watering, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	lactation (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
	the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
	the period following birth during which milk is secreted

Difference between bodily function and lactation

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