bodily function vs respiration

respiration vs bodily function

bodily function and respiration both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
respiration: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Other hyponyms of bodily function include control, breathing, external respiration, ventilation, 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, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	respiration (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
	a single complete act of breathing in and out

Difference between bodily function and respiration

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