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Positioned vs Fixed - What's the difference?

positioned | fixed |

As verbs the difference between positioned and fixed

is that positioned is (position) while fixed is (fix).

As an adjective fixed is

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

positioned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (position)
  • Anagrams

    *

    position

    Noun

  • (en noun) (abbreviated as posish )
  • A place or location.
  • A post of employment; a job.
  • A status or rank.
  • Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
  • An opinion, stand or stance.
  • My position on this issue is unchanged.
  • A posture.
  • Stand in this position , with your arms at your side.
  • (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
  • Stop running all over the field and play your position !
  • (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm or institution.
  • Strong earnings have bolstered the company's financial position .
  • (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error .
  • (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
  • Derived terms

    * anatomical position * assume the position * body position * bubble position * closed position * cowgirl position * developmental position * eccentric position * emergency position indicating radio beacon * fetal position * fielding position * Fowler's position * hinge position * human position * lithotomy position * long position * lotus position * midsinoary position * naked position * net position * neutral position * occlusal position * open position * overnight position * pole position * positional * position effect * position limit * position paper * position sense * position trader * position trading * preferred position * prone position * protrusive position * qualifying position * recovery position * reposition * sacroanterior position * sex position * short position * Sims' position * statutory position * take a position * Trendelenburg position * Yoga position

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put into place.
  • * 26 June 2012 , Simon Bowers in The Guardian, Tax crackdowns threaten Channel Islands' haven status [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/26/tax-crackdowns-threaten-channel-islands]
  • While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.

    Synonyms

    *

    Statistics

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    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