Definitions and Examples of maintain, preserve
Learn when and how to use these words with these examples!
To keep something in its current state or condition.
Example
It is important to maintain a healthy diet and exercise routine to stay fit.
To keep something in its original state or condition, often for conservation purposes.
Example
The museum's mission is to preserve historical artifacts for future generations.
Key Differences: maintain vs preserve
- 1Maintain implies keeping something in its current state or condition, while reinvent implies changing or improving it.
- 2Preserve implies keeping something in its original state or condition, while reinvent implies creating something new or different.
Effective Usage of maintain, preserve
- 1Business: Use reinvent to describe changes or improvements made to a product or service, and use maintain or preserve to describe keeping things the same.
- 2Environment: Use preserve to describe efforts to protect natural resources and habitats, and use reinvent to describe innovative solutions to environmental challenges.
- 3Personal Development: Use reinvent to describe personal growth and transformation, and use maintain to describe maintaining healthy habits or relationships.
Remember this!
The antonyms of reinvent are maintain and preserve. Use maintain to describe keeping things in their current state or condition, and use preserve to describe keeping things in their original state or condition. Use reinvent to describe changes or improvements made to something, or to describe personal growth and transformation.