Maintain vs. Review — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Maintain and Review
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Maintain
Cause or enable (a condition or situation) to continue
The need to maintain close links between industry and schools
Review
A review is an evaluation of a publication, service, or company such as a movie (a movie review), video game (video game review), musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book (book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or softwares such as business software, sales softwares; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, play, musical theater show, dance show or art exhibition. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit.
Maintain
Provide with necessities for life or existence
The allowance covers the basic costs of maintaining a child
Review
To look over, study, or examine again
Reviewed last week's lesson.
Maintain
State something strongly to be the case; assert
He has always maintained his innocence
He had persistently maintained that he would not stand against his old friend
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Review
To consider retrospectively; look back on
Reviewed the day's events.
Maintain
To keep up or carry on; continue
Maintain good relations.
Review
To examine with an eye to criticism or correction
Reviewed the research findings.
Maintain
To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain
Maintain one's composure.
Review
To write or give a critical report on (a new work or performance, for example).
Maintain
To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency
Maintain two cars.
Review
(Law) To evaluate (a decision made by or action taken by a lower court) to determine whether any error was made.
Maintain
To provide for; support
Maintain a family.
Review
To subject to a formal inspection, especially a military inspection.
Maintain
To keep in existence; sustain
Enough food to maintain life.
Review
To go over or restudy material
Reviewing for a final exam.
Maintain
To defend or hold against criticism or attack
Maintained his stand on taxes.
Review
To write critical reviews, especially for a newspaper or magazine.
Maintain
To declare to be true; affirm
Maintained her innocence.
Review
A reexamination or reconsideration.
Maintain
To adhere or conform to; keep
Maintain a busy schedule.
Review
A retrospective view or survey.
Maintain
To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
Review
A restudying of subject matter.
Maintain
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
Review
An exercise for use in restudying material.
Maintain
To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
Review
A report or essay giving a critical estimate of a work or performance.
Maintain
To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
Review
A periodical devoted to articles and essays on current affairs, literature, or art.
Maintain
To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post.
Review
An inspection or examination for the purpose of evaluation.
Maintain
To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
Maintain talk with the duke.
Review
A formal military inspection.
Maintain
To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Review
A formal military ceremony held in honor of a person or occasion.
Maintain
To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it.
Review
(Law) An evaluation conducted by a higher court of a decision made or action taken by a lower court to determine whether any error was made.
Maintain
Keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
Keep clean
Hold in place
She always held herself as a lady
The students keep me on my toes
Review
A musical show consisting of often satirical skits, songs, and dances; a revue.
Maintain
Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;
We preserve these archeological findings
The old lady could not keep up the building
Children must be taught to conserve our national heritage
The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
Review
A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
Maintain
Supply with necessities and support;
She alone sustained her family
The money will sustain our good cause
There's little to earn and many to keep
Review
An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
Maintain
State categorically
Review
(legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.
Maintain
Of power or authority
Review
A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
Maintain
Maintain for use and service;
I keep a car in the countryside
She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips
Review
A survey of the available items or material.
The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
Maintain
Maintain by writing regular records;
Keep a diary
Maintain a record
Keep notes
Review
A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
The Times Literary Review is published in London.
Maintain
State or assert;
He maintained his innocence
Review
A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
Maintain
Support against an opponent;
The appellate court upheld the verdict
Review
A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.
Maintain
Observe correctly or closely;
The pianist kept time with the metronome
Keep count
I cannot keep track of all my employees
Review
To survey; to look broadly over.
Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
Review
To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
The critic reviews every new play in London.
Review
To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
Review
To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
Review
(obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
Review
(obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
Review
To view or see again; to look back on.
Review
To go over and examine critically or deliberately.
Review
To retrace; to go over again.
Shall I the long, laborious scene review?
Review
To look back; to make a review.
Review
A second or repeated view; a reëxamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
Review
An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
Review
A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
Review
A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
Review
An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
Review
The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
Review
A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
Review
A new appraisal or evaluation
Review
An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)
Review
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
Review
(accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data
Review
A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
Review
A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art
Review
A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
Review
(law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)
Review
Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory
Review
A formal or official examination;
The platoon stood ready for review
We had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator
Review
Look at again; examine again;
Let's review your situation
Review
Appraise critically;
She reviews books for the New York Times
Please critique this performance
Review
Hold a review (of troops)
Review
Refresh one's memory;
I reviewed the material before the test
Review
Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember;
She reviewed her achievements with pride
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