Lax vs. Salmon: What's the Difference?

Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness.

Any of various large salmonid food and game fishes of the genera Oncorhynchus and Salmo of northern waters, having pink or red flesh and characteristically swimming from salt to fresh water to spawn.

Not taut, firm, or compact; slack.

The flesh of a salmon, used as food.

Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.

A yellowish pink to light or reddish orange.

(Linguistics) Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed, as the vowel (ĕ) in let.

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.

A salmon.

A meal or dish made from this fish.

Lacrosse.

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

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

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

Loose; not tight or taut.

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

Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.

Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

(mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.

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

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

Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.

Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.

Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.

Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

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

A looseness; diarrhea.

A tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

Lacking in rigor or strictness;

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

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

Not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight;

Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

Tolerant or lenient;

Emptying easily or excessively;