stopping vs fixing

fixing vs stopping

stopping and fixing both are nouns.

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

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

stopping: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
fixing: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Other hypernyms of stopping include fastener, fastening, holdfast.

stopping (noun)	fixing (noun)
the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch	the act of putting something in working order again
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members	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

Difference between stopping and fixing

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