Maintenance vs. Overhaul — What's the Difference?

The process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved

To examine thoroughly and make any needed repairs

The provision of financial support for a person's living expenses, or the support so provided

To revise extensively

The offence of aiding a party in a legal action without lawful cause.

(Nautical) To slacken (a line) or to release and separate the blocks of (a tackle).

The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained

Chiefly British To catch up with; overtake

The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep

An act of overhauling.

Provision of support or livelihood

A repair job.

Means of support or livelihood

A major repair, renovation, or revision.

(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.

(firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul.

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.

(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.

To pass, overtake, or travel past.

Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.

(nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

(legal) Child support.

(transitive) To search (a ship) for contraband goods.

Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

To repair thoroughly; to make repairs on; - usually implying major repairs and perhaps modifying improvements.

That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

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.

A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement.

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.

Periodic maintenance on a car or machine;

Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.

Travel past;

Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

Make repairs or adjustments to;

Means of maintenance of a family or group

Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;