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Unfixed vs Ambiguous - What's the difference?

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Unfixed is a related term of ambiguous.


As adjectives the difference between unfixed and ambiguous

is that unfixed is not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely while ambiguous is open to multiple interpretations.

As a verb unfixed

is (unfix).

unfixed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely
  • * {{quote-book, 1873,
  • , passage=The monster again became an islet, rock, or reef, but a runaway reef, unfixed and elusive. }}
  • * {{quote-journal, 2008, date=November 28, Ariane Dimitrov et al., Detection of GTP-Tubulin Conformation in Vivo Reveals a Role for GTP Remnants in Microtubule Rescue, Science, volume=322, issue=5906 citation
  • , passage=It was best to use unfixed cells permeabilized in the presence of glycerol and/or low taxol concentration to prevent microtubule depolymerization.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (unfix)
  • ambiguous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Open to multiple interpretations.
  • The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
  • Vague and unclear.
  • He gave an ambiguous answer.
  • (obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
  • * 1662 (Thomas Salusbury)
  • And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous , and Simplicius is resolute....

    Synonyms

    * equivocal

    Antonyms

    * unambiguous * precise

    See also

    * contradictory * mistakable * confusing

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