The difference between Lax and Lenient
When used as nouns, lax means a salmon, whereas lenient means a lenitive.
When used as adjectives, lax means lenient and allowing for deviation, whereas lenient means lax.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lax and Lenient
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Lax as a noun (now, chiefly, UK, _, dialectal, Scotland):
A salmon.
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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."
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Lax as an adjective:
Loose; not tight or taut.
Examples:
"The rope fell lax."
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Lax as an adjective:
Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
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Lax as an adjective (archaic):
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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Lax as an adjective (maths):
Describing an associative monoidal functor.
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Lax as a noun:
Lacrosse.
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Lenient as an adjective:
Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
Examples:
"The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion."
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Lenient as a noun (medicine):
A lenitive; an emollient.