bodily process vs respiration

respiration vs bodily process

bodily process and respiration both are nouns.

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

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

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
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, external respiration, ventilation, 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)	respiration (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
	a single complete act of breathing in and out

Difference between bodily process and respiration

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