bodily process vs external respiration

external respiration vs bodily process

bodily process and external respiration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bodily process	Yes	No	No	No
external respiration	Yes	No	No	No

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

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
external respiration: 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, breathing, 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)	external respiration (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

Difference between bodily process and external respiration

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