different between regenerated vs fixed

English

Etymology

From regenerate +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??d??n??e?t?d/

Verb

regenerated

1. simple past tense and past participle of regenerate

Adjective

regenerated (comparative more regenerated, superlative most regenerated)

1. Spiritually made again; reborn.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 12:

     She declared her helpmate to be a limb of Antichrist, and one with whom no regenerated person could associate.

2. Physically formed or created again; restored, remade, revived.
3. (biology, medicine) Formed by regeneration.
   • 1928, Aldous Huxley, Point Counter-Point:

     The little bud of regenerated tissue which would normally have grown into a new tail had been removed.

4. (chemistry, textiles) Reprecipitated after chemical treatment, especially in the form of fibres; pertaining to fibres prepared in this way.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst

Verb

fixed

1. simple past tense and past participle of fix

Adjective

fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)

1. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

   fixed assets

   I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.

   Every religion has its own fixed ideas.

   He looked at me with a fixed glare.

2. Stationary.
3. Attached; affixed.
5. Chemically stable.
6. Supplied with what one needs.

   She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.

7. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.

   In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.

8. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).

   a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed

9. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
10. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
11. Repaired

Synonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): stable, immobile

Antonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): mobile

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• broken
• crooked
• bribe

Anagrams

• defix