Aid vs. Maid — What's the Difference?

In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, foreign aid, economic aid or foreign assistance) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. Aid may serve one or more functions: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behavior desired by the donor, to extend the donor's cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access.

A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker. In the Victorian era domestic service was the second largest category of employment in England and Wales, after agricultural work.

Help, typically of a practical nature

A female domestic servant

A grant of subsidy or tax to a king or queen.

An unmarried girl or young woman.

Help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something

An unmarried girl or woman.

To provide assistance, support, or relief to

A woman or girl who is a virgin.

To provide assistance, support, or relief

A housemaid or chambermaid.

The act or result of helping; assistance

A woman servant.

Something that provides help, support, or relief, such as money or supplies

A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

Something, such as a device, that provides improvement

A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

An assistant or helper.

(archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

An aide or aide-de-camp.

An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.

A monetary payment to a feudal lord by a vassal in medieval England.

A man who has not had sexual intercourse.

(uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.

A female servant.

(countable) A helper; an assistant.

The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (Raia clavata).

(countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.

A female domestic

An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.

An unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

An exchequer loan.

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.

(countable) an aide-de-camp

The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.

(transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

(climbing) To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

Help; succor; assistance; relief.

The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.

A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.

An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.

A resource;

The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose;

A gift of money to support a worthy person or cause

The work of caring for or attending to someone or something;

Give help or assistance; be of service;

Improve the condition of;