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Relaxed vs Chill - What's the difference?

relaxed | chill |

As adjectives the difference between relaxed and chill

is that relaxed is having an easy-going mood or temperament while chill is moderately cold or chilly.

As verbs the difference between relaxed and chill

is that relaxed is past tense of relax while chill is to lower the temperature of something; to cool.

As a noun chill is

a moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

As an abbreviation CHILL is

an acronym for CCITT High Level Language.

relaxed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an easy-going mood or temperament.
  • Eased or loosened.
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    Synonyms

    * calm

    Antonyms

    * stressed, nervous, anxious

    Verb

    (head)
  • (relax)
  • chill

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
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  • A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills , or susceptibility to illness.
  • An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
  • An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
  • (Raymond)
  • The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
  • (Knight)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Moderately cold or chilly.
  • A chill wind was blowing down the street.
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  • Noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill .
  • (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing. See also : chill out.
  • I'm pretty chill most of the time.
    Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.
  • (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
  • That new movie was chill , man.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
  • Chill before serving.
  • (metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
  • To become cold.
  • In the wind he chilled quickly.
  • (metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
  • (slang) To relax, lie back.
  • Chill , man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.
    The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.
  • (slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out .
  • Hey, we should chill this weekend.
  • (slang) To smoke marijuana.
  • On Friday night do you wanna chill?

    Derived terms

    * chillax * chilliness * chilling * chilling effect * chill out / chillout * chill pill * chilly * libel chill * send chills / cast a chill

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