Serious vs Fixed - What's the difference?

Serious is a related term of fixed.

As adjectives the difference between serious and fixed

is that serious is without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn while fixed is not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

As a verb fixed is

(fix).

serious

English

Adjective

(en-adj)

Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn.

It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious , laugh so heartily.

Important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play; needing great attention; critical.

This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts.

Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving; meaningful.

After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.

Synonyms

* See also

Antonyms

* trifling, unimportant * (intending what is said) jesting

Derived terms

* srs (abbreviation) * dead serious * seriously * seriousness * serious-minded * serious-mindedly * serious-mindedness

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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