domestic help vs maid

domestic help and maid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
domestic help	Yes	No	No	No
maid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maid is a hyponym of domestic help; that is, maid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than domestic help:

domestic help: a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
maid: a female domestic

Other hyponyms of domestic help include ayah, home help, housekeeper, amah, housemaid, maidservant, skivvy, slavey.

domestic help (noun)	maid (noun)
a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household	an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
	a female domestic