slave vs bondswoman

slave and bondswoman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slave	Yes	No	Yes	No
bondswoman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bondswoman is a hyponym of slave; that is, bondswoman is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slave:

Other hyponyms of slave include bondman, bondsman, bondmaid, bondwoman, bond servant, creature, puppet, tool, galley slave.

slave (noun)	bondswoman (noun)
a person who is owned by someone	a female slave
someone who works as hard as a slave	a female bound to serve without wages
someone entirely dominated by some influence or person	a female who signs a bond as surety for someone else

slave (verb)	bondswoman (verb)
work very hard, like a slave