The difference between Fixed and Still
When used as adjectives, fixed means not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same, whereas still means not moving.
Still is also noun with the meaning: a period of calm or silence.
Still is also adverb with the meaning: without motion.
Still is also verb with the meaning: to calm down, to quiet.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fixed and Still
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Fixed as a verb:
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Fixed as an adjective:
Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
Examples:
"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."
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Fixed as an adjective:
Stationary.
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Fixed as an adjective:
Attached; affixed.
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Fixed as an adjective:
Chemically stable.
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Fixed as an adjective:
Supplied with what one needs.
Examples:
"She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements."
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Fixed as an adjective (legal):
Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
Examples:
"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."
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Fixed as an adjective (dialectal, informal):
Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
Examples:
"a fixed tomcat''; the ''she-cat'' has been fixed'"
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Fixed as an adjective:
Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
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Fixed as an adjective (of a [[problem]]):
Resolved; corrected.
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Fixed as an adjective:
Repaired
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Still as an adjective:
Not moving; calm.
Examples:
"'Still waters run deep."
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Still as an adjective:
Not effervescing; not sparkling.
Examples:
"still water; still wines"
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Still as an adjective:
Uttering no sound; silent.
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Still as an adjective (not comparable):
Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
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Still as an adjective:
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
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Still as an adjective (obsolete):
Constant; continual.
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Still as an adverb:
Without motion.
Examples:
"They stood still until the guard was out of sight."
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Still as an adverb (aspect):
Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
Examples:
"Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago."
"We've seen most of the sights, but we are still to visit the museum."
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Still as an adverb (degree):
To an even greater degree.
Examples:
"Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller. ("still" and "taller" can easily swap places here)"
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Still as an adverb (conjunctive):
Nevertheless.
Examples:
"I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert."
"Yeah, but still..."
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Still as an adverb (archaic, poetic):
Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
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Still as an adverb (extensive):
Even, yet.
Examples:
"Some dogs howl, more yelp, still more bark."
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Still as a noun:
A period of calm or silence.
Examples:
"the still of the night"
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Still as a noun (photography):
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
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Still as a noun (slang):
A resident of the Falkland Islands.
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Still as a noun:
A steep hill or ascent.
Examples:
"rfquotek W. Browne"
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Still as a noun:
a device for distilling liquids.
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Still as a noun (catering):
a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
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Still as a noun (catering):
the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
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Still as a noun:
A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
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Still as a verb:
to calm down, to quiet
Examples:
"to still the raging sea"
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Still as a verb (obsolete):
To trickle, drip.
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Still as a verb:
To cause to fall by drops.
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Still as a verb:
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
Examples:
"rfquotek Tusser"
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- fixed vs stable
- fixed vs immobile
- fixed vs mobile
- fixed vs still
- stationary vs still
- still vs unmoving
- static vs still
- inert vs still
- stagnant vs still
- still vs yet
- still vs yet
- even vs still
- nonetheless vs still
- still vs though
- still vs yet
- consistently vs still
- invariably vs still
- still vs uniformly