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Fixed vs Faxed - What's the difference?

fixed | faxed |

Faxed is a alternative form of fixed.



As verbs the difference between fixed and faxed

is that fixed is past tense of fix while faxed is past tense of fax.

As adjectives the difference between fixed and faxed

is that fixed is not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same while faxed is having a head of hair; hairy.

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
  • *
    • 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

    External links

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    faxed

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *. More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy.
  • * 1859 , The London review: Volume 11:
    • A comet is a ‘faxed ’ star, that is, a hairy, a tailed star.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fax)