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Impregnation vs Pregnancy - What's the difference?

impregnation | pregnancy |

As nouns the difference between impregnation and pregnancy

is that impregnation is the act of making pregnant; fertilization while pregnancy is the condition of being pregnant.

impregnation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
  • The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
  • That with which anything is impregnated.
  • (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
  • pregnancy

    English

    Noun

    (pregnancies) (wikipedia pregnancy)
  • (countable) The condition of being pregnant.
  • * 2012 , Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 December 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/03/duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-expecting-baby?intcmp=122]
  • News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.
  • The period of time this condition prevails.
  • (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.
  • Synonyms

    * gestation * gravidity

    See also

    * with child