bodily function vs peristalsis

peristalsis vs bodily function

bodily function and peristalsis both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
peristalsis: the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along

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, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	peristalsis (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along

Difference between bodily function and peristalsis

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