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Sustaining vs Maintaining - What's the difference?

sustaining | maintaining |

As verbs the difference between sustaining and maintaining

is that sustaining is while maintaining is .

As a noun maintaining is

the act of doing maintenance.

sustaining

English

Verb

(head)
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    maintaining

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The act of doing maintenance.

    • Verb

    (head)