Relieve vs. Relax

Relieveverb

To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.

Relieveverb

To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.

Relieveverb

To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).

Relieveverb

To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).

Relieveverb

(obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.

Relieveverb

To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).

Relieveverb

(legal) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.

Relieveverb

To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.

Relieveverb

To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.

Relieveverb

To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.

Relieveverb

To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.

Relieveverb

(reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.

Relieveverb

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

Relieveverb

To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.

Relieveverb

To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.

Relieveverb

To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.

Relieveverb

To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.

Relieveverb

To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.

Relieveverb

To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.

Relieveverb

provide physical relief, as from pain;

Relieveverb

free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

Relieveverb

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;

Relieveverb

lessen the intensity of or calm;

Relieveverb

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Relieveverb

relieve oneself of troubling information

Relieveverb

alleviate or remove;

Relieveverb

provide relief for;

Relieveverb

free from a burden, evil, or distress

Relieveverb

take by stealing;

Relieveverb

grant exemption or release to;

Relaxverb

(transitive) To calm down.

Relaxverb

(transitive) To make something loose.

Relaxverb

(intransitive) To become loose.

Relaxverb

(transitive) To make something less severe or tense.

Relaxverb

(intransitive) To become less severe or tense.

Relaxverb

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

Relaxverb

To become more lenient.

Relaxverb

(transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.

Relaxverb

To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

Relaxverb

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.

Relaxverb

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.

Relaxverb

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

Relaxverb

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

Relaxverb

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

Relaxverb

To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

Relaxverb

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

Relaxnoun

Relaxation.

Relaxadjective

Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

Relaxverb

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

Relaxverb

make less tight;

Relaxverb

become loose or looser or less tight;

Relaxverb

cause to feel relaxed;

Relaxverb

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

Relaxverb

make less severe or strict;

Relaxverb

become less severe or strict;

Relaxverb

make less active or fast;