different between impregnation vs pregnancy

English

Etymology

From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mp????ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

impregnation (countable and uncountable, plural impregnations)

1. The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
2. The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
3. That with which anything is impregnated.
4. (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French impregnacion, from Latin impregnatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pre?a?sjõ?/, /??pre?na?sjõ?/

Noun

impregnation f (plural impregnations)

1. impregnation, fertilization
2. saturation, impregnation

English

Etymology

From pregnant +? -cy.

Noun

pregnancy (countable and uncountable, plural pregnancies)

1. (countable) The condition of being pregnant.
   • 2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1]

     News that the duchess is in the "very early stages" of pregnancy with the third-in-line to the throne was officially released after she was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in central London, suffering from hyperemesis gravidarun, very acute morning sickness.

2. The period of time this condition prevails.
3. (uncountable) The progression of stages from conception to birth.

Synonyms

• gestation
• gravidity

Related terms

• pregnant

Coordinate terms

• with child

Translations

Further reading

• pregnancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia