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8 May 2018
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What is the difference between to give birth and to bear and to be delivered ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between to give birth and to bear and to be delivered ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
To give birth to a child is the actual act of having the child. To bear a child can refer to any term of the pregnancy, or to even be holding it in one’s arms, but it usually refers to being pregnant. To deliver a child is to give birth to a child, but the you can say “the doctor delivered the child at 3:00pm” even though the mother is technically the one who gave birth.
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- English (US)
To give birth to a child is the actual act of having the child. To bear a child can refer to any term of the pregnancy, or to even be holding it in one’s arms, but it usually refers to being pregnant. To deliver a child is to give birth to a child, but the you can say “the doctor delivered the child at 3:00pm” even though the mother is technically the one who gave birth.
- English (US)
Some example sentences:
“Mary gave birth yesterday”
“She bore the child for nine months”
“She delivered a healthy baby boy”
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@KaylaBlaeser Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. I just have a few more questions.
Can "bear a child" mean the act of giving birth as well?
and what's the difference between "She delivered a healthy baby boy." and "She was delivered of a healthy baby boy."?
- English (US)
@Think07 Yes, to bear a child can mean to give birth, I just don’t hear it used that way very often.
‘She was delivered of a healthy baby boy’ just isn’t grammatically correct, and I think most English-speakers would find it confusing and think it meant the healthy baby boy gave birth to the woman, hahahah!
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@KaylaBlaeser
I see. Thank you so much!!
Then maybe is it British only?
This sentence is from Cambridge Dictionary
"The princess has been delivered of (= has given birth to) a healthy baby boy."
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@Think07 Huh. I guess it’s technically correct, it just sound weird to me.
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