Om vs. Maintenance

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

Omnoun

A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.

Maintenancenoun

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

Omverb

(intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.

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.

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

(legal) Child support.

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Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

he wrote the manual on car care

Maintenancenoun

means of maintenance of a family or group

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

they were in want of sustenancefishing was their main sustainment
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