care vs maintenance

care

noun
  • The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession). 

  • Maintenance, upkeep. 

  • Worry. 

  • The state of being cared for by others. 

  • Close attention; concern; responsibility. 

  • The object of watchful attention or anxiety. 

verb
  • To mind; to object. 

  • To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards. 

  • To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about). 

  • (with for) To look after or look out for. 

  • For it to matter to, or make any difference to. 

maintenance

noun
  • Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family. 

  • The natural process which keeps an organism alive. 

  • Child support. 

  • Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. 

  • A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit. 

  • Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce. 

How often have the words care and maintenance occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )