bodily process vs peristalsis

peristalsis vs bodily process

bodily process and peristalsis both are nouns.

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

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

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

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, lactation, opsonisation, opsonization, overactivity, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, tanning, transpiration.

bodily process (noun)	peristalsis (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along

Difference between bodily process and peristalsis

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