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Lav vs Lax - What's the difference?

lav | lax |

As nouns the difference between lav and lax

is that lav is lavatory while lax is a salmon.

As an adjective lax is

lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

As an initialism LAX is

iATA airport code for Los Angeles International Airport.

lav

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British, slang) Lavatory.
    • Please miss, Johnny wants to go to the lav.

    Synonyms

    * (lavatory ): ** (standard ): lavatory, toilet ** (colloquial/slang ): little boy's room, little girl's room, loo, smallest room ** (coarse/taboo slang ): bog, crapper, shithouse, shitter

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lax

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (Killian)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lax, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (laxes)
  • A salmon.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
    • The rules are fairly lax , but you have to know which ones you can bend.
  • * J. A. Symonds
    • Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax , in matters of the passions.
  • loose; not tight or taut.
    • The rope fell lax .
  • * Ray
    • the flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy
  • lacking care; neglectful, negligent
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Prior to this match, Albion had only scored three league goals all season, but Wes Brown's lax marking allowed Morrison to head in their fourth from a Chris Brunt free-kick and then, a minute later, the initial squandering of possession and Michael Turner's lack of pace let Long run through to slot in another.}}
  • (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
    • Synonyms
    * permissive, lenient * loose, slack
    Antonyms
    * strict * taut, tight

    Noun

    (-)
  • lacrosse
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