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Renovation vs Maintenance - What's the difference?

renovation | maintenance |

As nouns the difference between renovation and maintenance

is that renovation is an act, or the process, of renovating while maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

renovation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act, or the process, of renovating.

    • 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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