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nursemaid vs wet nurse

wet nurse vs nursemaid

nursemaid and wet nurse both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
nursemaid Yes No No No
wet nurse Yes No No No
As nouns, wet nurse is a hyponym of nursemaid; that is, wet nurse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than nursemaid:
  • nursemaid: a woman who is the custodian of children
  • wet nurse: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Other hyponyms of nursemaid include dry nurse, mammy, amah, wet-nurse, wetnurse.
nursemaid (noun) wet nurse (noun)
a woman who is the custodian of children a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
Difference between nursemaid and wet nurse

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