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Mounting vs Maintaining - What's the difference?

mounting | maintaining |

As verbs the difference between mounting and maintaining

is that mounting is while maintaining is .

As nouns the difference between mounting and maintaining

is that mounting is something mounted; an attachment while maintaining is the act of doing maintenance.

As an adjective mounting

is that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.

mounting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • that continues to mount; steadily accumulating.
  • mounting debts

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something mounted; an attachment.
  • The act of one who mounts.
  • * 1834 , John Dunmore Lang, An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales
  • The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer.

    maintaining

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of doing maintenance.
  • Verb

    (head)