housemaid vs servant

housemaid

noun
  • A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid. 

  • A housewife. 

verb
  • To be a housemaid. 

  • To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them. 

servant

noun
  • One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. 

  • A person of low condition or spirit. 

  • One who serves another, providing help in some manner. 

  • A person who dedicates themselves to God. 

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