maintenance vs mend

mend vs maintenance

maintenance and mend both are nouns.

maintenance is not a verb while mend is a verb.

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

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

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

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

maintenance (noun)	mend (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	sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
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
means of maintenance of a family or group
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

maintenance (verb)	mend (verb)
	restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
	heal or recover

Difference between maintenance and mend

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