The difference between Lax and Reprehensible

When used as nouns, lax means a salmon, whereas reprehensible means a reprehensible person.

When used as adjectives, lax means lenient and allowing for deviation, whereas reprehensible means blameworthy, censurable, guilty.

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  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. Reprehensible as an adjective:

    Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.

  2. Reprehensible as an adjective:

    Deserving of reprehension.

  1. Reprehensible as a noun:

    A reprehensible person; a villain.

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