Main Difference
The main difference between Slave and Maid is that the Slave is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work and Maid is a young girl or woman employed to do household work in employers home.
Slave
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property. A slave is unable to withdraw unilaterally from such an arrangement and works without remuneration. Many scholars now use the term chattel slavery to refer to this specific sense of legalised, de jure slavery. In a broader sense, however, the word slavery may also refer to any situation in which an individual is de facto forced to work against their own will. Scholars also use the more generic terms such as unfree labour or forced labour to refer to such situations. However, and especially under slavery in broader senses of the word, slaves may have some rights and protections according to laws or customs.
Slavery began to exist before written history, in many cultures. A person could become enslaved from the time of their birth, capture, or purchase.
While slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies, it has now been outlawed in all recognized countries, the last being Mauritania in 2007. Nevertheless, there are an estimated 45.8 million people subject to some form of modern slavery worldwide. The most common form of the slave trade is now commonly referred to as human trafficking. In other areas, slavery (or unfree labour) continues through practices such as debt bondage, the most widespread form of slavery today, serfdom, domestic servants kept in captivity, certain adoptions in which children are forced to work as slaves, child soldiers, and forced marriage.
Maid
A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. Although now usually found only in the most wealthy of households, in the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work.
Slave (noun)
A person who is the property of another person and whose labor (and sometimes also whose life) is subject to the owner’s volition.
Slave (noun)
A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
Slave (noun)
A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
Slave (noun)
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
“a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition”
Slave (noun)
An abject person; a wretch.
“Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill’d/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.”
Slave (noun)
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.
Slave (noun)
A person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts or services on a regular or continuing basis.
Slave (noun)
A device that is controlled by another device.
Slave (verb)
To work hard.
“I was slaving all day over a hot stove.”
Slave (verb)
To enslave.
Slave (verb)
To place a device under the control of another.
“to slave a hard disk”
Maid (noun)
A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
Maid (noun)
A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
Maid (noun)
A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
Maid (noun)
a female domestic servant
“Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid”
Maid (noun)
an unmarried girl or young woman.
Maid (noun)
a virgin.