tears vs bodily process

tears and bodily process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tears	Yes	No	No	No
bodily process	Yes	No	No	No

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

tears: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body

Other hypernyms of tears include activity, bodily function, body process.

tears (noun)	bodily process (noun)
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)	an organic process that takes place in the body