built-in vs fixed

built-in

adj
  • Being an essential and permanent part of something. 

  • Being an included feature that normally comes as an extra. 

  • Constructed as a non-detachable part of a larger structure. 

noun
  • Anything (such as a piece of furniture, or a software feature) that is built in, not added as an extra. 

fixed

adj
  • Supplied with what one needs. 

  • Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium. 

  • Resolved; corrected. 

  • Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated). 

  • Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same. 

  • Repaired 

  • Attached; affixed. 

  • Chemically stable. 

  • Stationary. 

  • Rigged; fraudulently prearranged. 

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