pump priming vs maintenance

maintenance vs pump priming

pump priming and maintenance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pump priming	Yes	No	No	No
maintenance	Yes	No	No	No

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

pump priming: introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing
maintenance: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

Other hypernyms of pump priming include care, upkeep.

pump priming (noun)	maintenance (noun)
introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing	activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy	the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
	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

Difference between pump priming and maintenance

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