housemaid vs amah

housemaid and amah both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
housemaid	Yes	No	No	No
amah	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, housemaid and amah are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of housemaid include maid, maidservant.

housemaid (noun)	amah (noun)
a female domestic	a female domestic
	a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else