Difference between Fixed and Stationary

What is the difference between Fixed and Stationary?

Fixed as an adjective is not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same. while Stationary as an adjective is not moving.

Fixed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same. Stationary. Chemically stable. Supplied with what one needs.

Example sentence: A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

Stationary

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not moving.incapable of being movedunchanging

Example sentence: We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

We hope you now know whether to use Fixed or Stationary in your sentence.

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