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

  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.

  1. Lenient as an adjective:

    Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation

    Examples:

    "The standard is fairly lenient, so use your discretion."

  1. Lenient as a noun (medicine):

    A lenitive; an emollient.