The difference between Doctor and Fix

When used as nouns, doctor means a physician, whereas fix means a repair or corrective action.

When used as verbs, doctor means to act as a medical doctor to, whereas fix means to pierce.

check bellow for the other definitions of Doctor and Fix

  1. Doctor as a noun:

    A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, DPT, DC, Pharm.D., in the US or MBBS in the UK.

    Examples:

    "If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor."

  2. Doctor as a noun:

    A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

  3. Doctor as a noun:

    A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

  4. Doctor as a noun:

    a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

  5. Doctor as a noun (obsolete):

    A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

  6. Doctor as a noun (dated):

    Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.

    Examples:

    "the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter"

    "the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"

  7. Doctor as a noun:

    A fish, the friar skate.

  1. Doctor as a verb (transitive):

    To act as a medical doctor to.

    Examples:

    "Her children doctored her back to health."

  2. Doctor as a verb (intransitive, humorous):

    To act as a medical doctor.

  3. Doctor as a verb (transitive):

    To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

  4. Doctor as a verb (transitive):

    To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

    Examples:

    "They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick."

    "We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido."

  5. Doctor as a verb (transitive):

    To genetically alter an extant species.

    Examples:

    "Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored."

  6. Doctor as a verb (transitive):

    To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

    Examples:

    "To doctor the signature of an [[instrument]] with intent to defraud is an example of [[forgery]]."

  7. Doctor as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To take medicine.

  1. Fix as a noun:

    A repair or corrective action.

    Examples:

    "That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's."

  2. Fix as a noun:

    A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.

    Examples:

    "It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!"

  3. Fix as a noun (informal):

    A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

  4. Fix as a noun:

    A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

  5. Fix as a noun:

    A determination of location.

    Examples:

    "We have a fix on your position."

  6. Fix as a noun (US):

    fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

  1. Fix as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.

    Examples:

    "He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"

  2. Fix as a verb (transitive):

    To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.

    Examples:

    "A dab of chewing gum will [[fix]] your note to the bulletin board."

    "A leech can [[fix]] itself to your skin without you feeling it."

    "The Constitution [[fix]]es the date when Congress must meet."

    "She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor."

  3. Fix as a verb (transitive):

    To mend, to repair.

    Examples:

    "That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it."

  4. Fix as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To prepare (food).

    Examples:

    "She fixed dinner for the kids."

  5. Fix as a verb (transitive):

    To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion

    Examples:

    "A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent."

  6. Fix as a verb (transitive, US, informal):

    To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

    Examples:

    "Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him."

  7. Fix as a verb (transitive, mathematics, sematics):

    To map a (point or subset) to itself.

  8. Fix as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

    Examples:

    "He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work."

  9. Fix as a verb (transitive):

    To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

  10. Fix as a verb (transitive, chemistry, biology):

    To convert into a stable or available form.

    Examples:

    "Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen."

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  11. Fix as a verb (intransitive):

    To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

  12. Fix as a verb (intransitive):

    To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

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