fixing vs maintenance

maintenance vs fixing

fixing and maintenance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, maintenance is a hyponym of fixing; that is, maintenance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fixing:

fixing: the act of putting something in working order again
maintenance: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

Other hyponyms of fixing include darning, patching, care, upkeep, band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky, restoration, reconstruction, restitution.

fixing (noun)	maintenance (noun)
the act of putting something in working order again	activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
the sterilization of an animal	the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body	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
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place	means of maintenance of a family or group
	court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

Difference between fixing and maintenance

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