lax vs scrupulous

lax

adj
  • Lacking care; neglectful, negligent. 

  • Loose; not tight or taut. 

  • Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. 

  • Describing an associative monoidal functor. 

noun
  • Lacrosse. 

  • A salmon. 

scrupulous

adj
  • Having scruples or compunctions. 

  • Wrongly feeling guilt or anxiety about one’s morality; suffering from scrupulosity. 

  • Precise; exact or strict. 

  • Exactly and carefully conducted. 

How often have the words lax and scrupulous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )