Fix
Fix verb - To decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority.
Usage example: have we fixed a day for the party yet?
Pick
Pick verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Usage example: I pick you as my partner
How words are described
| good | good fix | good pick |
| best | best fix | best pick |
| long | long fix | long pick |
| better | better fix | better pick |
| Other adjectives: common, regular, free, single, simple, strong, little, easy, next, unlikely. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Badass Bystander: A fix to the gamecode allows NPC's to pick up weapons that are lying on the ground.
Source: Video Game / Shifter - Unlike Illidan, however, Blizzard thought it was too late to fix Kael'thas in the game proper, so the best they can do is to pick his pre-derailed self to appear in Heroes of the Storm
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Tetrax comes to pick up Ben so Azmuth can fix it but en route they're attacked by a Galvanic Mechamorph hunter who's also looking for Azmuth.
Cite this Source
Pick and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/pick
Fix & Pick. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/pick>.
Pick or Fix. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/pick.
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