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Fixative vs. Varnish — What's the Difference?

Fixative vs. Varnish — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fixative and Varnish

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Fixative

A liquid preservative applied to artwork, such as watercolor paintings or charcoal drawings.

Varnish

Varnish is a clear transparent hard protective coating or film. It is not a stain.

Fixative

A solution used to preserve and harden fresh tissue for microscopic examination.

Varnish

Resin dissolved in a liquid for applying on wood, metal, or other materials to form a hard, clear, shiny surface when dry
The wood was stained with a dark varnish
Several coats of varnish

Fixative

A liquid mixed with perfume to prevent rapid evaporation.
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Varnish

Apply varnish to
We stripped the floor and varnished it
Her toenails were varnished red

Fixative

A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.

Varnish

A liquid that contains a solvent and an oxidizing or evaporating binder and is applied to a surface to produce a hard, transparent finish after evaporation and curing.

Fixative

(perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.

Varnish

The smooth coating or gloss resulting from the application of this liquid
Wear dulled the floor's varnish.

Fixative

Serving to fix or bind.

Varnish

Something suggestive of or resembling varnish.

Fixative

That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.

Varnish

An often deceptive external appearance or outward show
"people through whom a native stupidity shines forth past any varnish of education or acculturation" (Ira Sher).

Fixative

A compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study

Varnish

To cover with varnish.

Fixative

A varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging

Varnish

To give a smooth and glossy finish to.

Varnish

To give a superficial or deceptive appearance to
Varnish the truth.

Varnish

A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.

Varnish

Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.

Varnish

(by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.

Varnish

A passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.

Varnish

(intransitive) To apply varnish.

Varnish

(transitive) To cover up with varnish.

Varnish

(transitive) To make something superficially or deceptively attractive
Varnish the report

Varnish

(transitive) To gloss over a defect.

Varnish

A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.

Varnish

That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.
The varnish of the holly and ivy.

Varnish

An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.
And set a double varnish on the fameThe Frenchman gave you.

Varnish

To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.

Varnish

To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.
Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal.
Cato's voice was ne'er employedTo clear the guilty and to varnish crimes.

Varnish

Paint that provides a hard glossy transparent coating

Varnish

Cover with varnish

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