care vs maintenance

maintenance vs care

care and maintenance both are nouns.

care is a verb but maintenance is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
care	Yes	No	Yes	No
maintenance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, care and maintenance are synonyms defined as:

care and maintenance: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

Other synonyms of care include upkeep.

care (noun)	maintenance (noun)
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order	activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something	the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
attention and management implying responsibility for safety	the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger	means of maintenance of a family or group
a cause for feeling concern	court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
an anxious feeling

care (verb)	maintenance (verb)
to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
feel concern or interest
be concerned with
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
provide care for

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