Difference between Slow and Slacken

SLOW vs SLACKEN: NOUN

A Middle English preterit of slay.
In zoöl, a sluggish or slow-paced skink, as the slow-worm or blindworm, Anguis fragilis; also, a newt or eft of like character.
A Middle English spelling of slough.
A sluggard.
A moth.

The slags or cinder from previous fusions, used in smelting operations to mix with natural ores and to retard fusion of the ores until reduction shall have proceeded to the desired point.
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.

(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
(of business) not active or brisk
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed.
Marked by a retarded tempo.
Taking or requiring a long time.
Only moderately warm; low.
Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness.
Lacking liveliness or interest; boring.
Characterized by a low volume of sales or transactions.
Lacking in promptness or willingness; not precipitate.
Taking more time than is usual.
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed.
Registering a time or rate behind or below the correct one.
Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
Not advancing or improving rapidly.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish.
Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
A slow person. See def.7, above.
At a slow tempo
Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate.

Not moving quickly
Tardy; dilatory; sluggish; slothful.
Lose velocity
Showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
Slowly.
To become slow; slacken in speed.
To make slow; delay; retard.
To slacken in speed: as, to slow a locomotive or a steamer: usually with up or down.
Taking a comparatively long time
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time; gradual: as, a slow change; the slow growth of arts.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; used absolutely, not quick to comprehend; dull-witted.
1–4. Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow and tardy represent either a fact in external events or an element of character; dilatory only the latter. Dilatory expresses that disposition or habit by which one is once or generally slow to go about what ought to be done. See idle.
Heavy, inert, lumpish.
3 and
Synonyms Delaying, lingering, deliberate.
Dull; lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness: used of persons or things: as, the entertainment was very slow.
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time: as, the clock or watch is slow.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance; not quick in motion; not rapid: as, a slow train; a slow messenger.
Slow to learn or understand
Lacking intellectual acuity
Move more slowly
(imperative) Slew.

To be or become remiss in or neglectful of; remit; relax: as, to slacken labor or exertion.
To abate; moderate; lessen; diminish the intensity, severity, rate, etc., of; hence, to mitigate; assuage; relieve: as, to slacken one's pace; to slacken cares.
To make slack or slacker.
To become remiss or neglectful, as of duty.
To become less active; fall off: as, trade slackened; the demand slackens; prices slacken
To become slack.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become slower; slow down.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease.

Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Dawdling, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

Letup, Relax, Diminish, Loosen, Abate, Waver, Relent, Weaken, Wane, Slack up, Slow up, Slow down, Remit, Slack, Slow

Boring, Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

Detach, Lessen, Decrease, Loose, Letup, Relax, Diminish, Loosen, Abate, Weaken, Slow up, Slow down, Remit, Slack, Slow

This may indicate that the server is slow to respond, the network is slow, or that there is some other network problem.
Experiencing a SLOW network connection: Are other office members are experiencing slow network access.
This is very helpful on systems with slow closing valves or on pump systems that are operating near maximum flow or have slow wellrecovery.
The slow cooker setting is great for meals that have a cook time already set for a slow cooking meal.
Really slow to respond after handing in draft, very slow edits, and final version looked nothing like the edited version we worked on together.
Lid on the slow cooker tin of chickpeas to make it chunkier this website you will lentil and potato curry slow cooker for.
Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath.
Expect slow transfer rates, primarily by reason of the slow network cards, the computer itself, and the storage.
Slow drivers slow everyone down and asshole drivers increase the slowdown by cutting people off.
In testing web applications, test with slow machines and slow networks that more closely mimic those of real users.