Maintenance vs. Repair

Maintenance vs. Repair — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Maintenance and Repair

Maintenancenoun

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

Repairnoun

The act of repairing something.

I took the car to the workshop for repair.

Maintenancenoun

(legal) A tort 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.

Repairnoun

The result of repairing something.

If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.

Maintenancenoun

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

Repairnoun

The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.

The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.
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Maintenancenoun

(legal) Child support.

Repairnoun

The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

our annual repair to the mountains

Maintenancenoun

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

Repairnoun

A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.

Maintenancenoun

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

Repairverb

To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a shipto repair a shattered fortune
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Maintenancenoun

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

he wrote the manual on car care

Repairverb

To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

to repair a loss or damage

Maintenancenoun

means of maintenance of a family or group

Repairverb

To transfer oneself to another place.

to repair to sanctuary for safety

Maintenancenoun

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

Repairverb

to pair again

Maintenancenoun

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

they were in want of sustenancefishing was their main sustainment

Repairnoun

the act of putting something in working order again

Repairnoun

a formal way of referring to the condition of something;

the building was in good repair

Repairnoun

a frequently visited place

Repairverb

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

She repaired her TV setRepair my shoes please

Repairverb

make amends for; pay compensation for;

One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third ReichShe was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident

Repairverb

move, travel, or proceed toward some place;

He repaired to his cabin in the woods

Repairverb

set straight or right;

remedy these deficienciesrectify the inequities in salariesrepair an oversight

Repairverb

give new life or energy to;

A hot soup will revive meThis will renovate my spiritsThis treatment repaired my health