Difference between Nurse and Nursemaid

What is the difference between Nurse and Nursemaid?

Nurse as a verb is to breast feed while Nursemaid as a verb is to tend to as a nursemaid.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to breast feed to care for the sick to treat kindly and with extra care

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A wet-nurse. A woman who takes care of other people's young. A person trained to provide care for the sick.

Example sentence: This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a woman or girl employed to care for children

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tend to as a nursemaid.To care for or look after.

We hope you now know whether to use Nurse or Nursemaid in your sentence.