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Unsettled vs Unfixed - What's the difference?

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Unsettled is a related term of unfixed.


As adjectives the difference between unsettled and unfixed

is that unsettled is disturbed, upset while unfixed is not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely.

As verbs the difference between unsettled and unfixed

is that unsettled is (unsettle) while unfixed is (unfix).

unsettled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Disturbed, upset.
  • :I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
  • Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
  • Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
  • Unpaid.
  • :We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled .

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (unsettle)

    • 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)