bodily process vs reaction

reaction vs bodily process

bodily process and reaction both are nouns.

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

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

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
reaction: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

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, 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)	reaction (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
	doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
	an idea evoked by some experience
	extreme conservatism in political or social matters
	(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
	a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude
	(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

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