bodily function vs transpiration

transpiration vs bodily function

bodily function and transpiration both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
transpiration: the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes

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, tanning.

bodily function (noun)	transpiration (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
	the passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature
	the process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes

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