Fix vs. Rectify — What's the Difference?

To correct or set right; adjust

Rectify is an American television drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series from SundanceTV. It stars Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens, Clayne Crawford, and Luke Kirby, and premiered on April 22, 2013, with a first season run of six episodes.A second season of ten episodes, premiered on June 19, 2014.

To restore to proper condition or working order; repair

To set right; correct

To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare

To correct by calculation or adjustment

To spay or castrate (an animal).

(Chemistry) To refine or purify, especially by distillation.

To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means

(Electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

(Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.

To adjust (the proof of alcoholic beverages) by adding water or other liquids.

To place securely; make stable or firm

To heal (an organ or part of the body).

To secure to another; attach

(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.

To put into a stable or unalterable form

(transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).

To make (a chemical substance) nonvolatile or solid.

To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.

(Biology) To convert (nitrogen or carbon) into stable, biologically assimilable compounds.

(transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).

To kill and preserve (a specimen) intact for microscopic study.

To correct (someone who is mistaken).

To prevent discoloration of (a photographic image) by washing or coating with a chemical preservative.

To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.

To direct steadily

To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

To capture or hold

To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.

To set or place definitely; establish

(transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.

To determine with accuracy; ascertain

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.

To agree on; arrange

To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.

To assign; attribute

To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

(Computers) To convert (data) from floating-point notation to fixed-point notation.

Math: determine the length of;

To direct one's efforts or attention; concentrate

Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;

To become stable or firm; harden

Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one;

Chiefly Southern US To be on the verge of; to be making preparations for. Used in progressive tenses with the infinitive

Set straight or right;

The act of adjusting, correcting, or repairing.

Make right or correct;

(Informal) Something that repairs or restores; a solution

Convert into direct current;

The position, as of a ship or aircraft, determined by visual observations with the aid of equipment.

A clear determination or understanding

An instance of arranging a special consideration, such as an exemption from a requirement, or an improper or illegal outcome, especially by means of bribery.

A difficult or embarrassing situation; a predicament

(Slang) An amount or dose of something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic.

To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

(Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.

(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.

To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.

(transitive) To mend, to repair.

To prepare (food or drink).

(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.

To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

To map a (point or subset) to itself.

To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

To convert into a stable or available form.

(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

A repair or corrective action.

A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.

A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

A determination of location.

(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

Fixed; solidified.

To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.

To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

To transfix; to pierce.

To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.

To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room.

To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.

To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.

Fettling.

Informal terms for a difficult situation;

Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug;

The act of putting something in working order again

An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear;

A determination of the location of something;

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;

Cause to be firmly attached;

Decide upon or fix definitely;

Prepare for eating by applying heat;

Take vengeance on or get even;

Set or place definitely;

Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

Make fixed, stable or stationary;

Make infertile;

Put (something somewhere) firmly;

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;