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Timing vs Birth - What's the difference?

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In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between timing and birth

is that timing is (uncountable) the synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine while birth is (uncountable) the circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

In countable|lang=en terms the difference between timing and birth

is that timing is (countable) an instance of recording the time of something while birth is (countable) a beginning or start; a point of origin.

As nouns the difference between timing and birth

is that timing is (obsolete) an occurrence or event while birth is (uncountable) the process of childbearing; the beginning of life.

As verbs the difference between timing and birth

is that timing is while birth is (dated|or|regional) to bear or give birth to (a child).

As an adjective birth is

a familial relationship established by childbirth.

timing

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) An occurrence or event.
  • (uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
  • (uncountable) The time when something happens.
  • (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
  • (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.

    • Derived terms

    * active timing * attack timing * back-timing * basic ignition timing * basic timing * color timing * comic timing * computer-controlled timing * continuous variable valve timing * dynamic ignition timing * ignition timing * market timing * sequential valve timing * signal timing * stress timing * syllable timing * targa timing * target timing * valve timing * variable cam timing * variable valve timing

    Verb

    (head)
    • ----

    birth

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
  • (countable) An instance of childbirth.
    • Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births .
  • (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
    • the birth of an empire
  • (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
    • He was of noble birth , but fortune had not favored him.
  • * Prescott
    • elected without reference to birth , but solely for qualifications
  • That which is born.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Poets are far rarer births than kings.
  • * Addison
    • Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.

    • Antonyms

    * (beginning of life) death

    References

    Adjective

    (-)
  • A familial relationship established by childbirth.
    • Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

    Synonyms

    * biological, blood, consanguineous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated, or, regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
  • * 1939 ,
    • "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!"
  • (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
  • * 2006 , R. Bruce Hull, Infinite Nature , University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226359441, page 156:
    • Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it.

    Usage notes

    * The term is much more common, especially in literal use.

    Related terms

    * bear * born

    Derived terms

    * accident of birth * birth control * birthdate * birthday * birthing * birth mother * birth pangs * birth parent * birth pill * birthplace * birthrate * birthright * birthstone * birth tourism * breech birth * give birth * noble birth * virgin birth 1000 English basic words ----