accouchement vs birthing

accouchement and birthing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accouchement	Yes	No	No	No
birthing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, birthing is a hypernym of accouchement; that is, birthing is a word with a broader meaning than accouchement:

accouchement: the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
birthing: the process of giving birth

Other hypernyms of accouchement include birth, giving birth, parturition.

accouchement (noun)	birthing (noun)
the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child	the process of giving birth