fixing vs restoration

restoration vs fixing

fixing and restoration both are nouns.

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

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

fixing: the act of putting something in working order again
restoration: the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

Other hyponyms of fixing include darning, patching, care, maintenance, upkeep, band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky, reconstruction, restitution.

fixing (noun)	restoration (noun)
the act of putting something in working order again	the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
the sterilization of an animal	getting something back again
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body	some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place	a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.
	the state of being restored to its former good condition

Difference between fixing and restoration

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