festering vs bodily function

festering and bodily function both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
festering	Yes	No	No	No
bodily function	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bodily function is a hypernym of festering; that is, bodily function is a word with a broader meaning than festering:

festering: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
bodily function: an organic process that takes place in the body

Other hypernyms of festering include activity, bodily process, body process.

festering (noun)	bodily function (noun)
a fluid product of inflammation	an organic process that takes place in the body
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus