sterilization vs fixing

fixing vs sterilization

sterilization and fixing both are nouns.

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

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

sterilization: the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
fixing: the sterilization of an animal

Other hyponyms of sterilization include altering, neutering, surgical contraception.

sterilization (noun)	fixing (noun)
the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)	the act of putting something in working order again
the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)	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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