toggle vs fixing

fixing vs toggle

toggle and fixing both are nouns.

toggle is a verb but fixing is not a verb.

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

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

toggle: a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)
fixing: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

Other hypernyms of toggle include fastener, fastening, holdfast.

toggle (noun)	fixing (noun)
a fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable)	the act of putting something in working order again
a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions	the sterilization of an animal
any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time	(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

toggle (verb)	fixing (verb)
fasten with, or as if with, a toggle
release by a toggle switch
provide with a toggle or toggles

Difference between toggle and fixing

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