parturiency vs birthing

parturiency and birthing both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

parturiency (noun)	birthing (noun)
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child	the process of giving birth