Relax vs Chi - What's the difference?
relax | chi |
To calm down.
To make something loose.
* Milton
To become loose.
To make something less severe or tense.
To become less severe or tense.
To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
* Jonathan Swift
(of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
To relieve (something) from stress.
(dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
The twenty-second letter of the Classical]] and [[Modern Greek, Modern Greek alphabets.
(label) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc. related (but not limited) to breath and circulation
* 2001 — , Artemis Fowl , p 196
The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm
(Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as 1/3 of a meter.
(Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as 10/33 of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
(Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
As a verb relax
is to calm down.As a noun chi is
chi (greek letter).relax
English
Verb
(es)- to relax''' a rope or cord; to '''relax the muscles or sinews
- Horror all his joints relaxed .
- to relax''' discipline; to '''relax one's attention or endeavours
- The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
- {{quote-book
citation, page=589 , passage=The Court rejected the contention that the doctrine of sovereign immunity should be relaxed as inapplicable to suits for specific relief as distinguished from damage suits, saying: "The Government, as representative of the community as a whole, cannot be stopped in its tracks by any plaintiff who presents a disputed question of property or contract right."}}
- Amusement relaxes the mind.
- An aperient relaxes the bowels.