heredity vs biological process

heredity and biological process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
heredity	Yes	No	No	No
biological process	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, biological process is a hypernym of heredity; that is, biological process is a word with a broader meaning than heredity:

heredity: the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
biological process: a process occurring in living organisms

Other hypernyms of heredity include organic process.

heredity (noun)	biological process (noun)
the total of inherited attributes	a process occurring in living organisms
the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next