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Relax vs Lackadaisical - What's the difference?

relax | lackadaisical |

As a verb relax

is to calm down.

As an adjective lackadaisical is

showing no interest or enthusiasm.

relax

English

Verb

(es)
  • To calm down.
  • To make something loose.
  • to relax''' a rope or cord; to '''relax the muscles or sinews
  • * Milton
  • Horror all his joints relaxed .
  • To become loose.
  • To make something less severe or tense.
  • to relax''' discipline; to '''relax one's attention or endeavours
  • To become less severe or tense.
  • To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
    {{quote-book
    , year=1953 , author=Edward Corwin , title=The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation , chapter=Section 2. Jurisdiction 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."}}
  • (of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
  • To relieve (something) from stress.
  • Amusement relaxes the mind.
  • (dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
  • An aperient relaxes the bowels.

    Antonyms

    * stress, excite

    Derived terms

    * relaxable

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lackadaisical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing no interest or enthusiasm.
  • * 2010 ,
  • I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.
    the lackadaisical look on his face

    Synonyms

    * (showing no interest or enthusiasm) languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested * See also

    Derived terms

    * lackadaisically * lackadaisicalness