childbed vs travail

childbed and travail both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
childbed	Yes	No	No	No
travail	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, childbed and travail are synonyms defined as:

childbed and travail: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

Other synonyms of childbed include confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency.

childbed (noun)	travail (noun)
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child	use of physical or mental energy; hard work
	concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

childbed (verb)	travail (verb)
	work hard