bodily function vs perspiration

perspiration vs bodily function

bodily function and perspiration both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
perspiration: the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

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, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	perspiration (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
	the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

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