bodily function vs uptake

uptake vs bodily function

bodily function and uptake both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
uptake: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Other hyponyms of bodily function include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, ingestion, intake, 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, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	uptake (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
	a process of taking up or using up or consuming

Difference between bodily function and uptake

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