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Maintenance vs Succor - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between maintenance and succor

is that maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service while succor is aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

As a verb succor is

to give such assistance.

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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    succor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * succour

    Noun

    (-)
  • Aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress; ministration.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give such assistance.

    • Synonyms

    * (to give assistance) help, aid, assist, support, sustain, relieve

    Antonyms

    * (to give assistance) hurt, damage

    Derived terms

    * succorer

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs