home-keeping—
1. looking after the house (managing the cleaning, cooking etc.):
- Marriage is more difficult because you must agree on home keeping, child rearing, dealing with inlaws….
2. (attrib.) said of smb. keeping at home; home-staying:
- I’m very good mixer but I don’t like noisy groups; I’m a home-keeping person.
housekeeping—
1. = home-keeping 1:
- This position is responsible for housekeeping duties and preparing the evening meal for our seniors.
2. (U.S. attrib.) of a rented holiday cabin or cottage furnished with cooking facilities, etc.:
- We had booked “a house-keeping suite” without knowing what that was….
3. short for “housekeeping allowance”:
- You’ll go throwing your money around but if I ask you for a bit more housekeeping, that’s a different story.