Maintenance vs. Repair
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.Maintenancenoun
(legal) Child support.
Repairnoun
The act of repairing or resorting to a place.
our annual repair to the mountainsMaintenancenoun
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 fortuneMaintenancenoun
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;
he wrote the manual on car careRepairverb
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
to repair a loss or damageMaintenancenoun
means of maintenance of a family or group
Repairverb
To transfer oneself to another place.
to repair to sanctuary for safetyMaintenancenoun
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 sustainmentRepairnoun
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 repairRepairnoun
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 pleaseRepairverb
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 accidentRepairverb
move, travel, or proceed toward some place;
He repaired to his cabin in the woodsRepairverb
set straight or right;
remedy these deficienciesrectify the inequities in salariesrepair an oversightRepairverb
give new life or energy to;
A hot soup will revive meThis will renovate my spiritsThis treatment repaired my health
