Maintenance vs Upkeep - What's the difference?
maintenance | upkeep |
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.
Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair
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(British) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
As nouns the difference between maintenance and upkeep
is that maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service while upkeep is maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair.As a verb upkeep is
to maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.maintenance
English
(wikipedia maintenance)Alternative forms
* maintenaunceNoun
(en noun)See also
* high-maintenance * low-maintenance * maintenance-free * maintenance windowExternal links
* * * ----upkeep
English
Noun
(-)- I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep .
- it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.
Verb
(en verb)- Do you know how to upkeep a boat?