Therapeutic vs Relaxing - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between therapeutic and relaxing

is that therapeutic is of, or relating to therapy while relaxing is having a quality whereby it is easy to relax when subjected to it.

* therapeutick (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Of, or relating to therapy.

Having a positive effect on the body or mind.

* Sir Thomas Browne

Therapeutic or curative physic.

* Isaac Watts

Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic , or the art of restoring it.

* * *

* * *

(en adjective)

Having a quality whereby it is easy to relax when subjected to it

(head)