Calm vs Relaxation - What's the difference?
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(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
Remission or abatement of rigor.
Remission of attention or application.
Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
(physics) The transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one.
(music) The release following musical tension.
Calm is a related term of relaxation.
As nouns the difference between calm and relaxation
is that calm is (in a person) the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion while relaxation is the act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.As an adjective calm
is (of a person) peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.As a verb calm
is to make calm.calm
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
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* calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdueAnagrams
* ----relaxation
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(en noun)- relaxation of the soft palate
- relaxation of efforts