fastness vs fixture what difference

what is difference between fastness and fixture

English

Etymology

From Middle English fastnesse, festnesse (“firmness; certainty; stronghold; firmament”), from Old English fæstnes, fæstnis (“firmness; stronghold; firmament”), equivalent to fast +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæstnəs/, [ˈfæsnəs]
• (trap–bath split) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːstnəs/, [ˈfɑːsnəs]

Noun

fastness (countable and uncountable, plural fastnesses)

1. A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress.
   • 1611, John Speed, The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, London, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 528,^[1]

     […] if the Welsh compelled by famine ventred out of their strengthes or fastnesses, in or about Snowdon, the Garrison Souldiers of Gannocke were ready to intercept and kill them […]

   • 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xxxviii,^[2]

     […] the slaves that yet remained in the fastnesses of Jamaica, attached to the Spanish, and hostile to the English settlers, continued to be troublesome, and at times formidable.
2. The state of being fast.
   1. Firmness, security.
   2. Rapidity, swiftness.
3. The ability of a dye to withstand fading.

Derived terms

• colorfastness
• colour fastness, colourfastness

Translations

References

• “fastness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪkstʃɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪkstʃə/

Noun

fixture (plural fixtures)

1. (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
4. (sports) A scheduled match.
5. (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
6. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.

Translations

Further reading

• fixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)

1. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.

   The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.

2. (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

fixture m (plural fixtures)

1. (sports) fixture
2. the whole schedule of games to be played in a championship, indicating when each game is to be played, and which team is to play at home
3. the whole list of games to be played by a given team, indicating the date of each game, and which team is to play at home

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