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Fostering vs Maintenance - What's the difference?

fostering | maintenance |

As nouns the difference between fostering and maintenance

is that fostering is raising someone to be an accepted member of the community while maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

As a verb fostering

is present participle of lang=en.

fostering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.
  • encouragement; aiding the development of something

    • Synonyms

    breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing

    Anagrams

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    maintenance

    English

    (wikipedia maintenance)

    Alternative forms

    * maintenaunce

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
  • (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.
  • (legal) (UK English) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
  • Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.

    • Related terms

    * maintain

    See also

    * high-maintenance * low-maintenance * maintenance-free * maintenance window

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