body process vs breathing

breathing vs body process

body process and breathing both are nouns.

body process is not an adjective while breathing is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
body process	Yes	No	No	No
breathing	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

body process: an organic process that takes place in the body
breathing: 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 body process include control, 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, tanning, transpiration.

body process (noun)	breathing (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

body process (adjective)	breathing (adjective)
	passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

Difference between body process and breathing

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