Fix vs. Workaround — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fix and Workaround
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Fix
To correct or set right; adjust
Fix a misspelling.
Fix the out-of-date accounts.
Workaround
A workaround is a bypass of a recognized problem or limitation in a system or policy. A workaround is typically a temporary fix that implies that a genuine solution to the problem is needed.
Fix
To restore to proper condition or working order; repair
Fix a broken machine.
Workaround
A method or process of dealing with a problem.
Fix
To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare
Fixed the room for the guests.
Fix lunch for the kids.
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Workaround
A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.
Fix
To spay or castrate (an animal).
Workaround
(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
Fix
To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means
Fix a prizefight.
Fix a jury.
Workaround
(project management) An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.
Fix
(Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
Fix
To place securely; make stable or firm
Fixed the tent poles in the ground.
Fix
To secure to another; attach
Fixing the notice to the board with tacks.
Fix
To put into a stable or unalterable form
Tried to fix the conversation in her memory.
Fix
To make (a chemical substance) nonvolatile or solid.
Fix
(Biology) To convert (nitrogen or carbon) into stable, biologically assimilable compounds.
Fix
To kill and preserve (a specimen) intact for microscopic study.
Fix
To prevent discoloration of (a photographic image) by washing or coating with a chemical preservative.
Fix
To direct steadily
Fixed her eyes on the road ahead.
Fix
To capture or hold
The man with the long beard fixed our attention.
Fix
To set or place definitely; establish
Fixed her residence in a coastal village.
Fix
To determine with accuracy; ascertain
Fixed the date of the ancient artifacts.
Fix
To agree on; arrange
Fix a time to meet.
Fix
To assign; attribute
Fixing the blame.
Fix
(Computers) To convert (data) from floating-point notation to fixed-point notation.
Fix
To direct one's efforts or attention; concentrate
We fixed on the immediate goal.
Fix
To become stable or firm; harden
Fresh plaster will fix in a few hours.
Fix
Chiefly Southern US To be on the verge of; to be making preparations for. Used in progressive tenses with the infinitive
We were fixing to leave without you.
Fix
The act of adjusting, correcting, or repairing.
Fix
(Informal) Something that repairs or restores; a solution
No easy fix for an intractable problem.
Fix
The position, as of a ship or aircraft, determined by visual observations with the aid of equipment.
Fix
A clear determination or understanding
A briefing that gave us a fix on the current situation.
Fix
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.
Fix
A difficult or embarrassing situation; a predicament
"If we get left on this wreck we are in a fix" (Mark Twain).
Fix
(Slang) An amount or dose of something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic.
Fix
To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
Fix
(Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
Fix
(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
Fix
To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
Fix
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.
Fix
(transitive) To mend, to repair.
That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
You can't fix stupid.
Fix
To prepare (food or drink).
She fixed dinner for the kids.
Fix
(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.
A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
Fix
To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
Fix
To map a (point or subset) to itself.
Fix
To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
Fix
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
Fix
To convert into a stable or available form.
Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
Fix
(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
Fix
(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.
Fix
A repair or corrective action.
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
Fix
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
Fix
(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
Fix
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
Fix
A determination of location.
We have a fix on your position.
Fix
(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
Fix
Fixed; solidified.
Fix
To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
An ass's nole I fixed on his head.
O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powersMay also fix their reverence.
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
Fix
To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite.
One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
Fix
To transfix; to pierce.
Fix
To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.
Fix
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.
Fix
To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
Fix
To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
Your kindness banishes your fear,Resolved to fix forever here.
Fix
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.
Fix
A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, - so that he is in an almighty fix.
Fix
Fettling.
Fix
Informal terms for a difficult situation;
He got into a terrible fix
He made a muddle of his marriage
Fix
Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug;
She needed a fix of chocolate
Fix
The act of putting something in working order again
Fix
An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear;
Collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers
Fix
A determination of the location of something;
He got a good fix on the target
Fix
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken;
She repaired her TV set
Repair my shoes please
Fix
Cause to be firmly attached;
Fasten the lock onto the door
She fixed her gaze on the man
Fix
Decide upon or fix definitely;
Fix the variables
Specify the parameters
Fix
Prepare for eating by applying heat;
Cook me dinner, please
Can you make me an omelette?
Fix breakfast for the guests, please
Fix
Take vengeance on or get even;
We'll get them!
That'll fix him good!
This time I got him
Fix
Set or place definitely;
Let's fix the date for the party!
Fix
Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
Fix
Make fixed, stable or stationary;
Let's fix the picture to the frame
Fix
Make infertile;
In some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized
Fix
Put (something somewhere) firmly;
She posited her hand on his shoulder
Deposit the suitcase on the bench
Fix your eyes on this spot
Fix
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;
Get the children ready for school!
Prepare for war
I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
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