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Pregnancy vs Childbearing - What's the difference?

pregnancy | childbearing |

As nouns the difference between pregnancy and childbearing

is that pregnancy is the condition of being pregnant while childbearing is the process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.

As an adjective childbearing is

of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth.

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

    Related terms

    * pregnant

    See also

    * with child

    childbearing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, or suitable for childbirth
  • * 1836 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - England and the English
    • Women in the latter stages of childbearing should not be permitted to attend the toll of the manufactories.
  • * 2000 Methodology for deriving ambient water quality criteria for the protection of human health
    • In these cases, fish intake rates specific to females of childbearing age are most appropriate when assessing exposures to developmental toxicants.
  • * 2004 Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Stephanie Marston - Chicken Soup to Inspire a Woman's Soul: Stories Celebrating the Wisdom, Fun and Freedom of Midlife [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0757302106&id=CsIrIP_DiawC&pg=RA1-PA256&lpg=RA1-PA256&ots=gJt6TvhaXv&dq=%22Hips+that+in+the+old+country+would+be+considered+good+childbearing+hips%22&sig=--XJ23Fa1j1qK1s2wlfHPwHShg8] (page 256)
    • Hips that in the old country would be considered good childbearing hips, but in this country are too wide.