housewife vs homemaker

housewife and homemaker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
housewife	Yes	No	No	No
homemaker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, housewife and homemaker are synonyms defined as:

housewife and homemaker: a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

Other synonyms of housewife include lady of the house, woman of the house.

housewife (noun)	homemaker (noun)
a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income	a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income