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Conventional vs Fixed - What's the difference?

conventional | fixed |

As adjectives the difference between conventional and fixed

is that conventional is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour while fixed is not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

As a noun conventional

is (finance) a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

As a verb fixed is

(fix).

conventional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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  • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.
  • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
  • fixed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fix)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
  • fixed assets
    I work fixed''' hours for a '''fixed salary.
    Every religion has its own fixed ideas.
    ''He looked at me with a fixed glare.
  • Stationary.
  • Attached; affixed
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  • The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a ) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally
  • Chemically stable.
  • Supplied with what one needs.
  • She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
  • (legal) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
  • In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.
  • (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
  • a fixed''' tomcat''; the ''she-cat'' has been '''fixed
  • Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
  • Synonyms

    * stable, immobile

    Antonyms

    * mobile

    Derived terms

    * fixed-gear bicycle * fixed-point * fixed-term * fixed-term contract * fixed addresses * fixed air * fixed asset * fixed assets * fixed charge * fixed charges * fixed costs * fixed disk * fixed disks * fixed feast * * * fixed income * fixed incomes * fixed limit * fixed point * fixed points * fixed route * fixed satellite * fixed satellites * fixed set * fixed sets * fixed star * fixed stars * fixed wave * fixed waves * fixedly * fixedness * fixednesses * fixety

    See also

    * broken * crooked * bribe