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Lax vs Slipshod - What's the difference?

lax | slipshod | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between lax and slipshod

is that lax is lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict while slipshod is done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.

As a noun lax

is a salmon.

As an initialism LAX

is iATA airport code for Los Angeles International Airport.

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
    • ----

    slipshod

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
  • * 1880 , ":
    • Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.
  • * 1999 Aug. 22, Johanna McGeary, " Buried Alive," Time :
    • Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.
  • (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
  • * 1840 , :
    • [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.

    Synonyms

    * See also