bodily process vs lactation

lactation vs bodily process

bodily process and lactation both are nouns.

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

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

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
lactation: the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands

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, lacrimation, tearing, watering, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily process (noun)	lactation (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
	the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
	the period following birth during which milk is secreted

Difference between bodily process and lactation

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