Maintenance vs. Maintain
Difference Between Maintenance and Maintain
Maintenance➦
the process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved
crucial conditions for the maintenance of democratic government
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Maintain➦
cause or enable (a condition or situation) to continue
the need to maintain close links between industry and schools
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Maintenance➦
the provision of financial support for a person's living expenses, or the support so provided
a chance of going to university with fees and maintenance paid
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Maintain➦
provide with necessities for life or existence
the allowance covers the basic costs of maintaining a child
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Maintenance➦
the offence of aiding a party in a legal action without lawful cause.
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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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Maintenance➦
The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained
nutrients essential to the maintenance of good health.
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Maintain➦
To keep up or carry on; continue
maintain good relations.
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Maintenance➦
The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep
car maintenance.
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Maintain➦
To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain
maintain one's composure.
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Maintenance➦
Provision of support or livelihood
took over the maintenance of her family.
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Maintain➦
To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency
maintain two cars.
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Maintenance➦
Means of support or livelihood
was ordered to pay maintenance for both children.
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Maintain➦
To provide for; support
maintain a family.
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Maintenance➦
(Law) The wrongful aiding of another in the pursuit or defense of a lawsuit, especially in jurisdictions where nonparties are legally prohibited to provide financial assistance.
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Maintain➦
To keep in existence; sustain
enough food to maintain life.
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Maintenance➦
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
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Maintain➦
To defend or hold against criticism or attack
maintained his stand on taxes.
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Maintenance➦
(legal) A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
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Maintain➦
To declare to be true; affirm
maintained her innocence.
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Maintenance➦
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
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Maintain➦
To adhere or conform to; keep
maintain a busy schedule.
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Maintenance➦
(legal) Child support.
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Maintain➦
To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
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Maintenance➦
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
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Maintain➦
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
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Maintenance➦
(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
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Maintain➦
To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
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Maintenance➦
The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God.
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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.
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Maintenance➦
That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance.
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Maintain➦
To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post.
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Maintenance➦
An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.
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Maintain➦
To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
Maintain talk with the duke.
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Maintenance➦
Those actions required for the care of machinery, a building, etc., to keep it clean and in proper functioning condition, and to prevent or forestall damage due to normal use.
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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.
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Maintenance➦
Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.
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Maintain➦
To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it.
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Maintenance➦
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;
he wrote the manual on car care
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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
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Maintenance➦
means of maintenance of a family or group
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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
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Maintenance➦
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
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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
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Maintenance➦
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;
they were in want of sustenance
fishing was their main sustainment
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Maintain➦
state categorically
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Maintain➦
of power or authority
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Maintain➦
maintain for use and service;
I keep a car in the countryside
She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips
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Maintain➦
maintain by writing regular records;
keep a diary
maintain a record
keep notes
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Maintain➦
state or assert;
He maintained his innocence
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Maintain➦
support against an opponent;
The appellate court upheld the verdict
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Maintain➦
observe correctly or closely;
The pianist kept time with the metronome
keep count
I cannot keep track of all my employees
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