sealing wax vs fixing

fixing vs sealing wax

sealing wax and fixing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sealing wax	Yes	No	No	No
fixing	Yes	No	No	No

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

sealing wax: fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
fixing: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Other hypernyms of sealing wax include fastener, fastening, holdfast.

sealing wax (noun)	fixing (noun)
fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters	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

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