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Fixed vs Tighten - What's the difference?

fixed | tighten |

As verbs the difference between fixed and tighten

is that fixed is (fix) while tighten is to make tighter.

As an adjective fixed

is not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

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

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    tighten

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make tighter.
    • Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
  • * Fawkes
    • Just where I please, with tightened rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
  • To become tighter.
    • That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
  • (economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
    • If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
  • (economics) To raise short-term interest rates.
    • The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.

    Antonyms

    * (make tighter) loosen

    Derived terms

    * retighten * tighten one's belt * tighten the purse strings * tightener

    Related terms

    * tight

    Distinguish from

    * titan, Titan