bodily function vs response

response vs bodily function

bodily function and response both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
response: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

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, 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)	response (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
	the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
	the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
	a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
	the manner in which something is greeted
	a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
	a result

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