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Custodian vs Maintenance - What's the difference?

custodian | maintenance |

As nouns the difference between custodian and maintenance

is that custodian is a person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper while maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

custodian

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
  • a janitor; a cleaner

    • Derived terms

    * custodianship

    Related terms

    * custodial * custody

    External links

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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

    External links

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