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Hypo vs Fixer - What's the difference?

hypo | fixer |

In photography terms the difference between hypo and fixer

is that hypo is sodium thiosulfate, a photographic fixing agent while fixer is a chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.

As nouns the difference between hypo and fixer

is that hypo is melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression (obsolete by 1881 according to Eric Partridge while fixer is agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.

hypo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression (obsolete by 1881 according to Eric Partridge.
  • *1711' "I have a better Stomach tha usuall and have perfectly forgot what the '''Hyppo means",Joseph Collett, merchant, writing from Rio de Janeiro, Oct 15, 1711, in his ''Private Letter Books'', edited by H. H. Dodwell in 1933. (cited by Eric Partidge, ''A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventinoal English
  • *1837' Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the '''hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens,May 7. 1837 , ''Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln . Volume 1.
  • *1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
  • *:whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
  • *:But thou sayest, methinks that white-lead chapter about whiteness is but a white flag hung out from a craven soul; thou surrenderest to a hypo , Ishmael.(Chapter 42, "The Whiteness of the Whale")
  • (photography) sodium thiosulfate, a photographic fixing agent.
  • (slang) A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
  • (informal) The substance sodium hyposulfite.
  • (slang) A hypodermic syringe.
  • (slang, finance, British) Hypothecation.
  • (informal, among law students and their professors) A hypothetical case.
  • (informal, zoology) A hypomelanistic snake.

    • Usage notes

    * usually in contexts where it is clear which specific term is meant.

    See also

    * hypo-

    fixer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
  • (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
  • A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
  • (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.

    • Quotations

    : "A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.'" — (ed), The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland, 1937.

    Related terms

    * the fix is in

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns ----