clothespin vs fixing

clothespin and fixing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clothespin	Yes	No	No	No
fixing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fixing is a hypernym of clothespin; that is, fixing is a word with a broader meaning than clothespin:

Other hypernyms of clothespin include fastener, fastening, holdfast.

clothespin (noun)	fixing (noun)
wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline	the act of putting something in working order again
	the sterilization of an animal
	(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place