Informal vs Relaxed - What's the difference?
informal | relaxed | Related terms |
Not formal or ceremonious.
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Suited for everyday use.
(of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
(gardening) Not organized; not structured or planned.
Having an easy-going mood or temperament.
Eased or loosened.
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(relax)
As adjectives the difference between informal and relaxed
is that informal is not formal or ceremonious while relaxed is having an easy-going mood or temperament.As a verb relaxed is
past tense of relax.informal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}