handmaiden vs maid

handmaiden and maid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
handmaiden	Yes	No	No	No
maid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maid is a hypernym of handmaiden; that is, maid is a word with a broader meaning than handmaiden:

Other hypernyms of handmaiden include amah, housemaid, maidservant.

handmaiden (noun)	maid (noun)
a personal maid or female attendant	an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
in a subordinate position	a female domestic