Difference between Lenient and Permissive

LENIENT vs PERMISSIVE: NOUN

Granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
Not preventive
Granting or inclined to grant permission; tolerant or lenient.
Characterized by freedom of personal behavior or a disregard of traditional social mores.
Permitted or optional.
Supporting viral replication. Used of a cell.
Permitting; granting leave or liberty.
Permitted; tolerated; suffered.
Giving, or predisposed to give permission; lenient.

Softening; mitigating; assuasive.
Relaxing; emollient; lenitive.
Acting or disposed to act without rigor or severity; mild; gentle; merciful; clement.
Synonyms Forbearing, tender. See leniency.

Not strict in discipline
Permitted; unhindered; that may or may not be done or left undone; at the option of the individual, community, etc.; optional; not obligatory or mandatory.
That suffers, permits, or allows (something to pass or be done); that allows or grants permission: unhindering.

Relaxed, Generous, Favorable, Strict, Tolerant, Harsh, Stringent, Forgiving, Easy, Undemanding, Clement, Soft, Indulgent, Permissive, Lax

Allowable, Flexible, Permitted, Propitious, Supportive, Conducive, Permissible, Favorable, Liberal, Tolerant, Bailable, Soft, Indulgent, Lax, Lenient

Relaxed, Generous, Favorable, Strict, Tolerant, Harsh, Stringent, Forgiving, Easy, Undemanding, Clement, Soft, Indulgent, Permissive, Lax

Allowable, Flexible, Permitted, Propitious, Supportive, Conducive, Permissible, Favorable, Liberal, Tolerant, Bailable, Soft, Indulgent, Lax, Lenient

Are CO clauses becoming more stringent or lenient?
The original sentence was "unduly lenient", he said.
This punishment, however, is amongst the most lenient.
Thailand dress code for men is pretty lenient.
Does its command offer lenient terms for surrender?
Fortunately, Uruguay has a pretty lenient visa policy.
Canadian airline have a very lenient luggage allowance.
Many black leaders consider the sentences too lenient.
Chill server that is lenient on the rules.
Teacher assessment practice for each student identified through the gap between the most lenient and the least lenient scores were remarkably differential.

Extramarital Sexuality: A Predictive Model of Permissive Attitudes.
Acu anc ICSs are permissive rather than exhaustive.
TDS when they begin testing with Permissive Mode.
The amendment also clarifies that docketing statements are not required in permissive appeals in criminal cases, but are required in other permissive appeals.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court found that the use was permissive and reiterated that permissive use can never ripen into an easement.
To calculate a pedestrian permissive, a vehicle permissive shall be calculated first even though no vehicle phase exists.
During the second permissive period, the controller shall answer calls on all remaining phases except the first permissive phase.
Supreme Court in Simmons explained that permissive use defeats the establishment of a prescriptive easement precisely because permissive use cannot be adverse.
Permissive interventions: fiat money, central banks, and financialisation The welfare state is not the most important area of permissive interventionism.
Permissive Uses: All permissive uses in the Neighborhood Commercial District.