cotter vs fixing

fixing vs cotter

cotter and fixing both are nouns.

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

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

cotter: fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
fixing: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Other hypernyms of cotter include fastener, fastening, holdfast.

cotter (noun)	fixing (noun)
fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together	the act of putting something in working order again
a medieval English villein	the sterilization of an animal
a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands	(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

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