artifact vs fixture

fixture vs artifact

artifact and fixture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
artifact	Yes	No	No	No
fixture	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fixture is a hyponym of artifact; that is, fixture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than artifact:

artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole
fixture: an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)

Other hyponyms of artifact include article, facility, Americana, anachronism, antiquity, block, button, commodity, good, trade good, cone, covering, creation, decker, decoration, ornament, ornamentation, electroplate, excavation, duplicate, extra, cloth, fabric, material, textile, facility, installation, float, insert, inset, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, bed, layer, lemon, stinker, line, marker, mystification, opening, cushioning, padding, plaything, toy, ready-made, restoration, flat solid, sheet, sphere, square, squeaker, slip, strip, construction, structure, surface, thing, track, way, weight, building material, pavement, paving, paving material.

artifact (noun)	fixture (noun)
a man-made object taken as a whole	the act of putting something in working order again
	an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
	the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
	a regular patron

Difference between artifact and fixture

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