Abstract: Embodied interaction and whole body interaction both take the body as the subject of activity and cognition,which have become the interaction of attracting a lot of scholars in recent years.But there are few reports that combine them together.Firstly,representative theories of phenomenology were summarized so that the relationship between phenomenology and embodied interaction is clarified.Then,the essential characteristics of embodied interaction-embodiment existence and being mode,were analyzed,which makes the connotation of embodied interaction clear.Moreover,some successful interactive cases recently were used to reinterpret the design principle of embodied interaction,which improves the readability of the design principle.Additionally,through the description of whole body interaction development process,it is clear that“whole”is the core idea of whole body interaction.Finally,the interaction modes that embodied interaction and whole body interaction belong to and their ability to handle implicit activities were compared emphatically.Besides,their evaluation was analyzed,which makes the connection and difference between them found out.A comprehensive and in-depth discussion about embodied interaction and whole body interaction has come true.