fixture vs maintenance

maintenance vs fixture

fixture and maintenance both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

fixture (noun)	maintenance (noun)
the act of putting something in working order again	activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)	the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment	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
a regular patron	means of maintenance of a family or group
	court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

Difference between fixture and maintenance

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