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Relaxed vs Related - What's the difference?

relaxed | related |

As adjectives the difference between relaxed and related

is that relaxed is having an easy-going mood or temperament while related is standing in relation or connection.

As verbs the difference between relaxed and related

is that relaxed is past tense of relax while related is past tense of relate.

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)
  • related

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Standing in relation or connection.
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  • Being a relative of.
  • Narrated; told.
  • (music) Same as the adjective relative.
  • (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
  • (in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (relate)
  • See also

    * relation * relationship * interrelate * interrelated

    Anagrams

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