Lax vs. Salmon

Lax vs. Salmon — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Lax and Salmon

Laxnoun

A salmon.

Salmonnoun

One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.

Laxadjective

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.

Salmonnoun

A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

Laxadjective

Loose; not tight or taut.

The rope fell lax.

Salmonnoun

The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.

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Laxadjective

Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.

Salmonnoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout)

Laxadjective

(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Salmonadjective

Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

Laxadjective

(maths) Describing an associative monoidal functor.

Salmonverb

To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.

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Laxadjective

lacking in rigor or strictness;

such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptablelax in attending classesslack in maintaining discipline

Salmonnoun

any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

Laxadjective

pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

Salmonnoun

a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

Laxadjective

not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight;

a lax rope

Salmonnoun

flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

Laxadjective

lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

flaccid musclestook his lax hand in hersgave a limp handshakea limp gesture as if waving away all desire to knowa slack grip

Laxadjective

tolerant or lenient;

indulgent parents risk spoiling their childrenprocedures are lax and discipline is weaktoo soft on the children

Laxadjective

emptying easily or excessively;

loose bowels