Lax vs. Taut
Laxnoun
A salmon.
Laxadjective
Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
Laxadjective
Loose; not tight or taut.
Laxadjective
Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
Laxadjective
(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Laxadjective
(maths) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
Laxadjective
Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
Laxadjective
Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
Laxadjective
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Laxnoun
A looseness; diarrhea.
Laxadjective
lacking in rigor or strictness;
Laxadjective
pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
Laxadjective
not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight;
Laxadjective
lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;
Laxadjective
tolerant or lenient;
Laxadjective
emptying easily or excessively;
Laxadjective
not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful
Laxadjective
(of the limbs or muscles) relaxed
Laxadjective
(of the bowels) loose.
Laxadjective
(of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed.
Laxnoun
lacrosse
Tautadjective
Tight; under tension, as it were a rope or bow string.
Tautadjective
(figuratively) Experiencing stress or anxiety.
Tautadjective
Containing only relevant parts, brief and controlled.
Tautadjective
(oenology) Strong; uncompromising.
Tautadjective
Tight; stretched; not slack; - said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
Tautadjective
Snug; close; firm; secure.
Tautadjective
pulled or drawn tight;
Tautadjective
subjected to great tension; stretched tight;
Tautadjective
stretched or pulled tight; not slack
Tautadjective
(especially of muscles or nerves) tense; not relaxed
Tautadjective
(of writing, music, etc.) concise and controlled
Tautadjective
(of a ship) having a disciplined and efficient crew
Taut
A taut object is one under tension. Taut is also a surname, and may refer to: Bruno Taut (1880–1938), prolific German architect, urban planner and author Max Taut (1884–1967), German architectTaut may also refer to: Tauț, a commune in Arad County, Romania Tăut, a village in Batăr Commune, Bihor County, Romania Taut International, sports drink company acquired by A.G. BarrTAUT, an acronym, may refer to: Tramways and Urban Transit, a monthly magazine published in the UK The complement of the SAT-problem; testing if a formula is a tautology, known to be co-NP-complete.
