bodily process vs tanning

tanning vs bodily process

bodily process and tanning both are nouns.

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

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

bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body
tanning: process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

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, peristalsis, vermiculation, diaphoresis, hidrosis, perspiration, sudation, sweating, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, placentation, psilosis, transpiration.

bodily process (noun)	tanning (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	making leather from rawhide
	beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
	process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

Difference between bodily process and tanning

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