New vs Fixed - What's the difference?
new | fixed | Synonyms |
Recently made, or created.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)
, volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Additional; recently discovered.
Current or later, as opposed to former.
Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
Young.
Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Recently arrived or appeared.
*
, title= Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
(of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
Newly (especially in composition).
As new; from scratch.
Things that are new.
(Australia) A kind of light beer.
See news.
(fix)
Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
Stationary.
Attached; affixed
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Chemically stable.
Supplied with what one needs.
(legal) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
(dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
New is a synonym of fixed.
As an interjection new
is mew, meow, miaow.As a verb fixed is
(fix).As an adjective fixed is
not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.new
English
(wikipedia new)Adjective
(er)Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}
The rise of smart beta, passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Synonyms
* brand new, recent * recent * (current or later) current * brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine * born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived * (young) young, newborn * (of recent origin) fresh * strange, unfamiliar * (recently arrived or appeared) novel, singular * brand new, green * See alsoAntonyms
* ancient, dated, old * dated, old * (current or later) former, old * (distinguishing something established more recently) old * old, used, worn * old * (young) old * (of recent origin) original, previous * familiar, old * (recently arrived or appeared) established * accustomed, experienced, expertAdverb
(en adverb)- new'''-born, '''new'''-formed, '''new'''-found, '''new -mown
- ''They are scraping the site clean to build new .
Noun
(-)- Out with the old, in with the new .
Derived terms
* anew * brand new * new- * newbie * newco * newie * newish * newling * newly * newlywed * newness * news, news- * Newspeak * renew * New Age * new broom * new chum * new-laid * new moon * new potato * New Testament * new town * new wave * New World * New Year * (New Amsterdam) * (New Australia) * New Brunswick * Newcastle * New Delhi * New England * Newfoundland * New Guinea * New Hampshire * New Holland * New Jersey * (Newmarket) * New Mexico * New Orleans * New South Wales * New York * New Zealand * what else is new * what's newStatistics
*fixed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- 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
- She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- 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.
- a fixed''' tomcat''; the ''she-cat'' has been '''fixed
