bodily function vs tears

tears vs bodily function

bodily function and tears both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
tears: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

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, 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)	tears (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

Difference between bodily function and tears

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