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Upkeep vs Sustaining - What's the difference?

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Upkeep is a related term of sustaining.


As verbs the difference between upkeep and sustaining

is that upkeep is (british) to maintain (something) or keep it in good repair while sustaining is .

As a noun upkeep

is maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair.

upkeep

English

Noun

(-)
  • Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair
    • 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)
  • (British) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
    • Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

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    sustaining

    English

    Verb

    (head)
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    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”}}