Latest vs Laxest - What's the difference?
latest | laxest |
(late)
Last, final.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
Most recent.
At the latest.
The most recent thing, particularly information or news.
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(lax)
A salmon.
lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
* J. A. Symonds
loose; not tight or taut.
* Ray
lacking care; neglectful, negligent
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Phil Dawkes
, title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom
, work=BBC Sport
(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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As adjectives the difference between latest and laxest
is that latest is (late) while laxest is (lax).As an adverb latest
is .As a noun latest
is the most recent thing, particularly information or news.latest
English
Adjective
(-)- Whiles the sad pang approching she does feele, / Brayes out her latest breath, and vp her eyes doth seele.
- Here is the latest news on the accident.
Adverb
(head)- Complete the XYZ task latest by today 5:00PM.
Noun
(en noun)- Have you heard the latest ?
- What's the latest on the demonstrations in New York?
- Have you met Jane's latest ? I hear he's a hunk.
Anagrams
*laxest
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*lax
English
Alternative forms
* (Killian)Etymology 1
From (etyl) lax, from (etyl) .Noun
(laxes)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Adjective
(er)- The rules are fairly lax , but you have to know which ones you can bend.
- Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax , in matters of the passions.
- The rope fell lax .
- the flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy
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