bodily function vs sweating

sweating vs bodily function

bodily function and sweating both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
sweating: 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, perspiration, sudation, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

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

Difference between bodily function and sweating

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