different between maintain vs enjoy
maintain
English
Etymology
From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin man?tene?, man?ten?re (“I support”), from Latin man? (“with the hand”) + tene? (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?n?te?n/, /m?n?te?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Verb
maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)
- (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th-19thc.]
- To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14thc.]
- To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15thc.]
Antonyms
- (to keep up): abandon
Derived terms
- maintainability
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- amanitin
maintain From the web:
- what maintains homeostasis
- what maintains the secondary structure of a protein
- what maintains homeostasis in a cell
- what maintains the cells shape
- what maintains body temperature
- what maintains the resting membrane potential
- what maintains water balance
- what maintains blood pressure
enjoy
English
Alternative forms
- enioy (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English enjoyen, from Old French enjoier, anjoier, enjoer (“to give joy, receive with joy, rejoice”), equivalent to en- +? joy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d????/, /?n?d????/, /?n?d????/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: en?joy
Verb
enjoy (third-person singular simple present enjoys, present participle enjoying, simple past and past participle enjoyed)
- (transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
- (transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
- that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
- (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (receive pleasure or satisfaction): appreciate, delight in, rejoice, relish
- (have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms
- enjoyable
- enjoyment
- to enjoy oneself
Translations
Anagrams
- joyen, joyne
enjoy From the web:
- what enjoy means
- what enjoy most about your job
- what enjoys the status of a deemed university
- what enjoys the status of demand university
- enjoy or enjoy it
- difference between fun and enjoy
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