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Maintenance vs Monitoring - What's the difference?

maintenance | monitoring |

As nouns the difference between maintenance and monitoring

is that maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service while monitoring is the act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.

As a verb monitoring is

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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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    monitoring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purpose of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable.
  • The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes.
  • The act of detecting the presence of signals, such as electromagnetic radiation, sound, or visual signals, and the measurement thereof with appropriate measuring instruments.
  • The act of detecting the presence of radiation and the measurement thereof with radiation measuring instruments.