bodily function vs vermiculation

vermiculation vs bodily function

bodily function and vermiculation both are nouns.

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

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

bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body
vermiculation: the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along

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, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily function (noun)	vermiculation (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings
	the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along

Difference between bodily function and vermiculation

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