fixing vs zip

fixing and zip both are nouns.

fixing is not a verb while zip is a verb.

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

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

fixing: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
zip: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

Other hyponyms of fixing include bellyband, buckle, button, carabiner, karabiner, snap ring, catch, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, clothes peg, clothes pin, clothespin, corrugated fastener, wiggle nail, cottar, cotter, cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop, dowel, dowel pin, joggle, fillet, stopping, hook and eye, knot, lashing, link, linkup, tie-in, tie, lock, locker, nail, nut and bolt, paper fastener, pin, screw, seal, seal, sealing wax, slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper, press stud, snap, snap fastener, toggle, toggle bolt, hair clip.

fixing (noun)	zip (noun)
the act of putting something in working order again	a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
the sterilization of an animal	forceful exertion
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body	a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

fixing (verb)	zip (verb)
	close with a zipper
	move very fast

Difference between fixing and zip

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