different between relaxed vs supercool

English

Etymology

From relax +? -ed, originally after Latin relax?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???lækst/

Adjective

relaxed (comparative more relaxed, superlative most relaxed)

1. (obsolete, physiology) Made slack or feeble; weak, soft. [from 15th c.]
   • 1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale 1989, p. 54:

     It was a very wet morning. I woke relaxed and melancholy as in the country, and walked about an hour under cover, in the middle of the town […] .

2. Made more lenient; less strict; lax. [from 17th c.]
3. Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely. [from 18th c.]
4. (chiefly physics) Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium. [from 19th c.]
5. (physiology) Of a muscle: soft, not tensed. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• calm

Antonyms

• stressed, nervous, anxious

Translations

Verb

relaxed

1. simple past tense and past participle of relax

English

Etymology

super- +? cool

Verb

supercool (third-person singular simple present supercools, present participle supercooling, simple past and past participle supercooled)

1. (physics) To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring

Synonyms

• undercool

Adjective

supercool (comparative more supercool, superlative most supercool)

1. (informal) Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable.
   • 2009, Bob LeVitus, Mac OS X Snow Leopard For Dummies (page 323)

     On to how to access your Home folder from a remote Mac — a supercool feature that's only bound to get more popular as the Internet continues to mature.