Birth vs. Rebirth — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Birth and Rebirth
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Birth
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated by hormones which cause the muscular walls of the uterus to contract, expelling the fetus at a developmental stage when it is ready to feed and breathe.
Rebirth
The process of being reincarnated or born again
The endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
Birth
The emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being
Despite a difficult birth he's fit and healthy
He was blind from birth
Rebirth
A second or new birth; reincarnation.
Birth
Give birth to (a baby or other young)
She birthed five children within ten years
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Rebirth
A renaissance; a revival
A rebirth of classicism in architecture.
Birth
The emergence and separation of offspring from the body of the mother.
Rebirth
Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
Birth
The act or process of bearing young; parturition
The mare's second birth.
Rebirth
Revival, reinvigoration.
Birth
The circumstances or conditions relating to this event, as its time or location
An incident that took place before my birth.
A Bostonian by birth.
Rebirth
Spiritual renewal.
Birth
The set of characteristics or circumstances received from one's ancestors; inheritance
Strong-willed by birth.
Acquired their wealth through birth.
Rebirth
(transitive) To cause to be born again or spiritually renewed.
Birth
Origin; extraction
Of Swedish birth.
Of humble birth.
Rebirth
After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
Birth
Noble or high status
Persons of birth.
Rebirth
A second or new birth
Birth
A beginning or commencement.
Rebirth
The revival of learning and culture
Birth
To deliver (a baby).
Rebirth
A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
Birth
Chiefly Southern US To bear (a child).
Birth
(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
Birth
(countable) An instance of childbirth.
Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
Birth
(countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
The birth of an empire
Birth
(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
Birth
That which is born.
Birth
Misspelling of berth
Birth
A familial relationship established by childbirth.
Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
Birth
(transitive) To bear or give birth to (a child).
Birth
To produce, give rise to.
Birth
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; - generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
Birth
Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications.
Birth
The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name.
Birth
The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
Birth
That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
Poets are far rarer births than kings.
Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.
Birth
Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
Birth
See Berth.
Birth
The time when something begins (especially life);
They divorced after the birth of the child
His election signaled the birth of a new age
Birth
The event of being born;
They celebrated the birth of their first child
Birth
The process of giving birth
Birth
The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
Birth
Give birth (to a newborn);
My wife had twins yesterday!
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