Maintenance vs. Servicing: What's the Difference?
Maintenance and Servicing Definitions
Maintenance
The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained
Nutrients essential to the maintenance of good health.
Servicing
Work that is done for others as an occupation or business
Has done service for us as a consultant.
Maintenance
The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep
Car maintenance.
Servicing
The performance of work or duties for a superior or as a servant
Found the butler's service to be excellent.
Maintenance
Provision of support or livelihood
Took over the maintenance of her family.
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Servicing
An act or a variety of work done for others, especially for pay
Offers a superior service to that of his competitors.
Provides full catering services.
Maintenance
Means of support or livelihood
Was ordered to pay maintenance for both children.
Servicing
Assistance; help
Was of great service to him during his illness.
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.
Servicing
An act of assistance or benefit; a favor
My friend did me a service in fixing the door.
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Maintenance
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
Servicing
The serving of food or the manner in which it is served
The service was good, but the food was lousy.
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.
Servicing
A set of dishes or utensils
A silver tea service.
Maintenance
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Servicing
Employment in duties or work for another, as for a government
Has been in the company's service for 15 years.
Maintenance
(legal) Child support.
Servicing
A government branch or department and its employees
The diplomatic service.
Maintenance
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
Servicing
A department or branch of a hospital staff that provides specified patient care
The anesthesiology service.
Maintenance
(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Servicing
The armed forces of a nation
Joined the service right after college.
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.
Servicing
A branch of the armed forces of a nation.
Maintenance
That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance.
Servicing
The installation, maintenance, or repairs provided or guaranteed by a dealer or manufacturer
A dealer with full parts and service.
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.
Servicing
The provision to the public of something, especially a utility
A town without sewer service.
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.
Servicing
The system or equipment used to provide something to the public
The electrical service was damaged in the storm.
Maintenance
Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.
Servicing
The right of serving in many court games.
Maintenance
Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;
He wrote the manual on car care
Servicing
A serve
Her first service hit the net.
Maintenance
Means of maintenance of a family or group
Servicing
A religious rite or formal ceremony
Held services in the evening.
A memorial service.
Maintenance
Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Servicing
Copulation with a female animal. Used of male animals, especially studs.
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
Servicing
(Law) The serving of a legal process, such as a summons or court order.
Servicing
The material, such as cord, used in binding or wrapping rope.
Servicing
An answering service.
Servicing
To make fit for use; adjust, repair, or maintain
Service a car.
Servicing
To provide services to
That cable company services most households in the area.
Servicing
To make interest payments on (a debt).
Servicing
To copulate with (a female animal). Used of a male animal, especially studs.
Servicing
(Slang) To have sex with.
Servicing
Of or relating to the armed forces of a country.
Servicing
Intended for use in supplying or serving
A service elevator.
The service entrance.
Servicing
Offering repairs or maintenance
A service guarantee.
A road service area.
Servicing
Offering services to the public in response to need or demand
A service industry.
Servicing
Present participle of service
Servicing
The act of performing maintenance on something.
How many servicings has your car had this year?
Servicing
The act of mating by male animals;
The bull was worth good money in servicing fees
