housemother vs chaperone

housemother and chaperone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
housemother	Yes	No	No	No
chaperone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, chaperone is a hypernym of housemother; that is, chaperone is a word with a broader meaning than housemother:

housemother: a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people
chaperone: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

Other hypernyms of housemother include chaperon, adult female, woman.

housemother (noun)	chaperone (noun)
a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people	one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

housemother (verb)	chaperone (verb)
	accompany as a chaperone