Comfort vs. Relax

To soothe in time of affliction or distress.

To make lax or loose

To ease physically; relieve

To make less severe or strict

A condition or feeling of pleasurable physical ease or relief from pain or stress

To reduce in intensity; slacken

A condition of well-being, contentment, and security

To relieve from tension or strain

Solace or consolation in time of sorrow or distress

To take one's ease; rest.

Help; assistance

To become lax or loose.

Something providing ease, convenience, or security

To become less severe or strict.

A person or thing that brings consolation or mental ease

To become less restrained or tense.

Chiefly Southern & Lower Northern US A quilted bedcover; a comforter.

(transitive) To calm down.

Contentment, ease.

(transitive) To make something loose.

Something that offers comfort.

(intransitive) To become loose.

A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

(transitive) To make something less severe or tense.

A cause of relief or satisfaction.

(intransitive) To become less severe or tense.

(transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.

(transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.

(transitive) To make comfortable. en

To become more lenient.

(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

(transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.

(obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.

To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.

To assist or help; to aid.

To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.

To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer.

Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

Assistance; relief; support.

To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.

Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation.

To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.

A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition.

To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.

To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.

Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy.

Relaxation.

A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain;

Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment

Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;

The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction;

Make less tight;

A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;

Become loose or looser or less tight;

Give moral or emotional strength to

Cause to feel relaxed;

Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate;

Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner;

Make less severe or strict;

Become less severe or strict;

Make less active or fast;