bodily function vs tanning

tanning vs bodily function

bodily function and tanning both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
tanning: process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

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, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	tanning (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	making leather from rawhide
	beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
	process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

Difference between bodily function and tanning

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