The difference between Lax and Negligent
When used as adjectives, lax means lenient and allowing for deviation, whereas negligent means careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
Lax is also noun with the meaning: a salmon.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lax and Negligent
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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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Negligent as an adjective:
Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
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Negligent as an adjective (legal):
Culpable due to negligence.