bodily function vs sleeping

sleeping vs bodily function

bodily function and sleeping both are nouns.

bodily function is not an adjective while sleeping is an adjective.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
sleeping: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

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, 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)	sleeping (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate
	quiet and inactive restfulness
	the state of being asleep

bodily function (adjective)	sleeping (adjective)
	lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Difference between bodily function and sleeping

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