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Relaxed vs Tranquil - What's the difference?

relaxed | tranquil |

As adjectives the difference between relaxed and tranquil

is that relaxed is having an easy-going mood or temperament while tranquil is free from emotional or mental disturbance.

As a verb relaxed

is (relax).

relaxed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having an easy-going mood or temperament.
  • Eased or loosened.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed .}}

    Synonyms

    * calm

    Antonyms

    * stressed, nervous, anxious

    Verb

    (head)
  • (relax)
  • tranquil

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
  • * 1847 , , chapter XXVIII
  • Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
  • Calm; without motion or sound.
  • * 1921 , Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography , page 262
  • that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil' because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their ' tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.

    Synonyms

    * (free from emotional disturbance) calm, peaceful, serene, steady * peaceful

    Antonyms

    * (free from emotional disturbance) agitated