Relax vs. Relaxed
Difference Between Relax and Relaxed
Relax➦
To make lax or loose
relax one's grip.
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Relaxed➦
Not rigorous or strict.
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Relax➦
To make less severe or strict
relax a curfew.
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Relaxed➦
Free from strain or tension.
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Relax➦
To reduce in intensity; slacken
relax one's efforts.
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Relaxed➦
Easy and informal in manner.
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Relax➦
To relieve from tension or strain
The warm bath relaxed me.
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Relaxed➦
Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
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Relax➦
To take one's ease; rest.
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Relaxed➦
Made more lenient; less strict; lax.
The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.
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Relax➦
To become lax or loose.
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Relaxed➦
Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset.
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Relax➦
To become less severe or strict.
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Relaxed➦
Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.
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Relax➦
To become less restrained or tense.
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Relaxed➦
(physiology) Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.
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Relax➦
(transitive) To calm down.
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Relaxed➦
simple past tense and past participle of relax
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Relax➦
(transitive) To make something loose.
to relax a rope or cord
to relax the muscles or sinews
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Relaxed➦
without strain or anxiety;
gave the impression of being quite relaxed
a relaxed and informal discussion
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Relax➦
(intransitive) To become loose.
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Relaxed➦
made less tense or rigid;
his relaxed muscles
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Relax➦
(transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
to relax discipline
to relax one's attention or endeavours
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Relax➦
(intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
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Relax➦
(transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
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Relax➦
To become more lenient.
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Relax➦
(transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
Amusement relaxes the mind.
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Relax➦
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
An aperient relaxes the bowels.
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Relax➦
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
Horror . . . all his joints relaxed.
Nor served it to relax their serried files.
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Relax➦
To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.
The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
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Relax➦
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
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Relax➦
To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
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Relax➦
To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
His knees relax with toil.
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Relax➦
To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
In others she relaxed again,And governed with a looser rein.
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Relax➦
To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
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Relax➦
Relaxation.
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Relax➦
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
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Relax➦
become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;
He relaxed in the hot tub
Let's all relax after a hard day's work
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Relax➦
make less tight;
relax the tension on the rope
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Relax➦
become loose or looser or less tight;
The noose loosened
the rope relaxed
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Relax➦
cause to feel relaxed;
A hot bath always relaxes me
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Relax➦
become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner;
our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group
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Relax➦
make less severe or strict;
The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
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Relax➦
become less severe or strict;
The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
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Relax➦
make less active or fast;
He slackened his pace as he got tired
Don't relax your efforts now
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