body process vs ingestion

ingestion vs body process

body process and ingestion both are nouns.

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

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

body process: an organic process that takes place in the body
ingestion: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Other hyponyms of body process include control, breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation, respiration, breath, consumption, 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)	ingestion (noun)
an organic process that takes place in the body	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Difference between body process and ingestion

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