bodily process vs breathing

breathing vs bodily process

bodily process and breathing both are nouns.

bodily process is not an adjective while breathing is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bodily process	Yes	No	No	No
breathing	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
breathing: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Other hyponyms of bodily process include control, 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, transpiration.

bodily process (noun)	breathing (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

bodily process (adjective)	breathing (adjective)
	passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

Difference between bodily process and breathing

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