birth vs labor

birth and labor both are nouns.

birth and labor both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
birth	Yes	No	Yes	No
labor	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, labor is a hyponym of birth; that is, labor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than birth:

birth: the process of giving birth
labor: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

Other hyponyms of birth include brooding, incubation, calving, accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth, farrow, farrowing, hatch, hatching, egg laying, laying, childbed, confinement, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail.

birth (noun)	labor (noun)
the event of being born	productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
a baby born; an offspring	any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
the process of giving birth	a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents	an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
the time when something begins (especially life)	concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

birth (verb)	labor (verb)
cause to be born	undergo the efforts of childbirth
	work hard
	strive and make an effort to reach a goal

Difference between birth and labor

Words related to "labor"

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