alleviation vs relaxation

relaxation vs alleviation

alleviation and relaxation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alleviation	Yes	No	No	No
relaxation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, relaxation is a hyponym of alleviation; that is, relaxation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than alleviation:

alleviation: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
relaxation: the act of making less strict

Other hyponyms of alleviation include spasmolysis, detente, palliation, liberalisation, liberalization, decompressing, decompression.

alleviation (noun)	relaxation (noun)
the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)	freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced	the act of making less strict
	a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
	an occurrence of control or strength weakening
	a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
	(physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
	(physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

Difference between alleviation and relaxation

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