Declared vs Maintained - What's the difference?

declared | maintained |

As verbs the difference between declared and maintained

is that declared is past tense of declare while maintained is past tense of maintain.

As an adjective maintained is

showing maintenance or attention.

declared

English

Verb

(head)

(declare)

declare

English

Verb

(declar)

(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:

Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.

* Boyle

To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.

To make a declaration.

To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

He declared him innocent.

(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.

To announce something formally or officially.

declare bankruptcy

declare victory

(cricket) declare (an innings) closed

To affirm or state something emphatically.

To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

* 1984 , Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, " Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:

The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.

To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.

(computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.

The counter "i" was declared as an integer.

Derived terms

* declarant * declaration * declarative * declaratory * declarer * declare war

Anagrams

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maintained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

showing maintenance or attention

The house had a neat, well-maintained garden in front.

Verb

(head)

(maintain)

They maintained the house, the land, and the shed out back.