Upkeep vs Subsistence - What's the difference?
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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.
Real being; existence.
Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
Means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; That which furnishes support to animal life; as, a meager subsistence.
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(theology) A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis.
As nouns the difference between upkeep and subsistence
is that upkeep is maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair while subsistence is real being; existence.As a verb upkeep
is to maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.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?