maintenance vs fixture

fixture vs maintenance

maintenance and fixture both are nouns.

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

As nouns, fixture is a hypernym of maintenance; that is, fixture is a word with a broader meaning than maintenance:

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

Other hypernyms of maintenance include fix, fixing, mend, mending, repair, reparation.

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

Difference between maintenance and fixture

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