different between upkeep vs sustaining

English

Etymology

up +? keep

Noun

upkeep (usually uncountable, plural upkeeps)

1. Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.

   I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.

   • […] it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.

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Verb

upkeep (third-person singular simple present upkeeps, present participle upkeeping, simple past and past participle upkept)

1. (transitive, Britain) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

   Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

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• keep up

English

Verb

sustaining

1. present participle of sustain

Noun

sustaining (plural sustainings)

1. The process by which something is sustained or upheld.

Adjective

sustaining (comparative more sustaining, superlative most sustaining)

1. That sustains, supports or provides sustenance.
   • 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, London: Thomas Underhill, p. 24,^[2]

     […] eternall life, the end of all our wearisome labours, and all our sustaining hopes.

   • 1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume 2, Letter 31, p. 21,^[3]

     I turned quick to look for him, and saw him coming towards me, with another gentleman—But I saw no more, my senses forsook me; in spite of Maria’s sustaining arm, I fell motionless on the ground.

   • 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter 58,^[4]

     Sometimes, I had proceeded restlessly from place to place, stopping nowhere; sometimes, I had lingered long in one spot. I had had no purpose, no sustaining soul within me, anywhere.

   • 1929, Josephine Tey, The Man in the Queue, New York: Pocket Book, 1977, Chapter 1, p. 5,^[5]

     They laughed and chattered, and passed each other sustaining bits of chocolate in torn silver paper.

   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, New York: Vintage, 1989, Chapter 8,

     […] I was thirsty & went to sit in the shade of the tea-terrace. The tea, served impractically in a glass, was refreshing, somehow muddy & more sustaining than tea I am used to.

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