body process vs expectoration

expectoration vs body process

body process and expectoration both are nouns.

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

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

body process: an organic process that takes place in the body
expectoration: the process of coughing up and spitting out

Other hyponyms of body 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, 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)	expectoration (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
	the process of coughing up and spitting out

Difference between body process and expectoration

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