restoration vs fixing

fixing vs restoration

restoration and fixing both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of restoration include fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation.

restoration (noun)	fixing (noun)
the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state	the act of putting something in working order again
getting something back again	the sterilization of an animal
some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed	(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 model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
the state of being restored to its former good condition

Difference between restoration and fixing

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