The difference between Lash and Lax

When used as nouns, lash means the thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given, whereas lax means a salmon.

When used as adjectives, lash means remiss, lax, whereas lax means lenient and allowing for deviation.

Lash is also verb with the meaning: to strike with a lash.

check bellow for the other definitions of Lash and Lax

  1. Lash as a noun:

    The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

  2. Lash as a noun (obsolete):

    A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

  3. Lash as a noun:

    A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.

    Examples:

    "The culprit received thirty-nine lashes."

  4. Lash as a noun:

    A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

  5. Lash as a noun:

    A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

  6. Lash as a noun:

    In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

  1. Lash as a verb (transitive):

    To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

  2. Lash as a verb (transitive):

    To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

  3. Lash as a verb (transitive):

    To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

  4. Lash as a verb (transitive):

    To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.

    Examples:

    "to lash vice"

  5. Lash as a verb (intransitive):

    To ply the whip; to strike.

  6. Lash as a verb (intransitive):

    To utter censure or sarcastic language.

  7. Lash as a verb (intransitive, of rain):

    To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down

  1. Lash as a verb (transitive):

    To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

    Examples:

    "to lash something to a spar"

    "lash a pack on a horse's back"

  1. Lash as an adjective (obsolete):

    Remiss, lax.

  2. Lash as an adjective (obsolete):

    Relaxed.

  3. Lash as an adjective:

    Soft, watery, wet.

  4. Lash as an adjective (Ulster):

    excellent, wonderful

    Examples:

    "We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!"

    "That Chinese (food) was lash!"

  5. Lash as an adjective (Britain):

    Drunk.

  1. Lax as a noun (now, chiefly, UK, _, dialectal, Scotland):

    A salmon.

  1. Lax as an adjective:

    Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

    Examples:

    "The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend."

  2. Lax as an adjective:

    Loose; not tight or taut.

    Examples:

    "The rope fell lax."

  3. Lax as an adjective:

    Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.

  4. Lax as an adjective (archaic):

    Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

  5. Lax as an adjective (maths):

    Describing an associative monoidal functor.

  1. Lax as a noun:

    Lacrosse.

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