bodily process vs lacrimation

lacrimation vs bodily process

bodily process and lacrimation both are nouns.

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

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

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
lacrimation: shedding tears

Other hyponyms of bodily process 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, tearing, watering, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily process (noun)	lacrimation (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	shedding tears

Difference between bodily process and lacrimation

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