adoptive mother vs nursemaid

adoptive mother

noun
  • A woman who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological mother. 

nursemaid

noun
  • A woman or girl employed to care for children. 

verb
  • To care for or look after. 

  • To tend to as a nursemaid. 

How often have the words adoptive mother and nursemaid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )