Slack vs. Slock — What's the Difference?

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose

A draught; a gulp.

(of business or trade) characterized by a lack of work or activity; quiet

An improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.

Having or showing laziness or negligence

To swallow, gulp.

Lewd

To hunt (wild game) with preindustrial#Adjective tools such as spears, blowguns, slingshots, arrows, crossbows, or others.

(of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing

To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part

Casual trousers

A spell of inactivity or laziness

Coal dust or small pieces of coal

Loosen (something, especially a rope)

Decrease or reduce in intensity, quantity, or speed

Work slowly or lazily

Slake (lime)

Not tense or taut; loose

Lacking in activity; not busy

Moving slowly; sluggish

Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent

Flowing or blowing with little speed

(Linguistics) Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.

To make looser or less taut

To make slower

To be careless or remiss in doing

To slake (lime).

To be or become slack.

To be inactive or avoid work

A loose part, as of a rope or sail

A period of little activity; a lull

A cessation of movement in a current of air or water.

An area of still water.

Unused capacity

Slacks Casual pants that are not part of a suit.

A mixture of coal fragments, coal dust, and dirt that remains after screening coal.

A small dell or hollow.

A bog; a morass.

In a slack manner

(uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

(countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.

Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.

(rail) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.

(countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.

(mining) Small coal; coal dust.

(normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.

Weak; not holding fast.

Moderate in some capacity.

Moderately warm.

Moderate in speed.

Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

Not active or busy, successful, or violent.

Excess; surplus to requirements.

Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.

(linguistics) Lax.

Slackly.

To slacken.

(obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.

To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

A valley, or small, shallow dell.

The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.

Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.

Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.

To abate; to become less violent.

To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

To languish; to fail; to flag.

To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.

To neglect; to be remiss in.

To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.

To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.

To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

Dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;

A stretch of water without current or movement;

The condition of being loose (not taut);

A cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely;

Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

Be inattentive to, or neglect;

Release tension on;

Make less active or fast;

Become slow or slower;

Make less active or intense

Become less in amount or intensity;

Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water;

Not tense or taut;

Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide;

Lacking in rigor or strictness;