The difference between Easy and Slack

When used as nouns, easy means something that is easy, whereas slack means small coal.

When used as adverbs, easy means in a relaxed or casual manner, whereas slack means slackly.

When used as adjectives, easy means comfortable, whereas slack means lax.

Slack is also verb with the meaning: to slacken.

check bellow for the other definitions of Easy and Slack

  1. Easy as an adjective (now, rare, _, except in certain expressions):

    Comfortable; at ease.

    Examples:

    "Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night."

  2. Easy as an adjective:

    Requiring little skill or effort.

    Examples:

    "It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up."

    "The teacher gave an easy test to her students."

  3. Easy as an adjective:

    Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.

    Examples:

    "Rich people live in easy circumstances."

    "an easy chair"

  4. Easy as an adjective:

    Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.

    Examples:

    "easy manners; an easy style"

  5. Easy as an adjective (informal, pejorative, of a person):

    Consenting readily to sex.

    Examples:

    "He has a reputation for being easy; they say he slept with half the senior class."

  6. Easy as an adjective:

    Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.

  7. Easy as an adjective (finance, dated):

    Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to .

    Examples:

    "The market is easy."

  1. Easy as an adverb:

    In a relaxed or casual manner.

    Examples:

    "After his illness, John decided to [[take it easy take it easy]]."

  2. Easy as an adverb:

    In a manner without strictness or harshness.

    Examples:

    "Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm."

  3. Easy as an adverb:

    Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.

    Examples:

    "This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy."

  4. Easy as an adverb:

    Not difficult, not hard.

  1. Easy as a noun:

    Something that is easy

  1. Easy as a verb (rowing):

  1. Slack as a noun (uncountable):

    Small coal; coal dust.

  2. Slack as a noun (countable):

    A valley, or small, shallow dell.

  3. Slack as a noun (uncountable):

    The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

    Examples:

    "the slack of a rope or of a sail"

  4. Slack as a noun (countable):

    A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

  1. Slack as an adjective:

    Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.

    Examples:

    "a slack rope"

  2. Slack as an adjective:

    Weak; not holding fast.

    Examples:

    "a slack hand"

  3. Slack as an adjective:

    Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

    Examples:

    "slack in duty or service"

  4. Slack as an adjective:

    Not violent, rapid, or pressing.

    Examples:

    "Business is slack."

  5. Slack as an adjective (slang, West Indies):

    vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music

  1. Slack as an adverb:

    Slackly.

    Examples:

    "slack dried hops"

  1. Slack as a verb:

    To slacken.

  2. Slack as a verb (obsolete):

    To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.

  3. Slack as a verb (followed by “off”):

    to procrastinate; to be lazy

  4. Slack as a verb (followed by “off”):

    to refuse to exert effort

  5. Slack as a verb:

    To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

    Examples:

    "Lime slacks."

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