Lapse vs. Elapse
Lapsenoun
A temporary failure; a slip.
Lapsenoun
A decline or fall in standards.
Lapsenoun
A pause in continuity.
Lapsenoun
An interval of time between events.
Lapsenoun
A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
Lapsenoun
(meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
Lapsenoun
(legal) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
Lapsenoun
(theology) A fall or apostasy.
Lapseverb
(intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
Lapseverb
(intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
Lapseverb
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
Lapseverb
(intransitive) To become void.
Lapseverb
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
Lapsenoun
A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; - restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
Lapsenoun
A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Lapsenoun
The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
Lapsenoun
A fall or apostasy.
Lapseverb
To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; - mostly restricted to figurative uses.
Lapseverb
To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
Lapseverb
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
Lapseverb
To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
Lapseverb
To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.
Lapsenoun
a mistake resulting from inattention
Lapsenoun
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something;
Lapsenoun
a failure to maintain a higher state
Lapseverb
pass into a specified state or condition;
Lapseverb
end, at least for a long time;
Lapseverb
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
Lapseverb
go back to bad behavior;
Lapseverb
let slip;
Lapseverb
pass by;
Lapsenoun
a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement
Lapsenoun
a decline from previously high standards
Lapsenoun
the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures.
Lapsenoun
an interval or passage of time
Lapseverb
(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire
Lapseverb
(of a state or activity) fail to be maintained; come to an end
Lapseverb
cease to follow the rules and practices of a religion or doctrine
Lapseverb
pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition)
Lapseverb
revert to (a previous or more familiar style of speaking or behaviour)
Elapseverb
To pass or move by.
Elapseverb
To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; - used chiefly in reference to time.
Elapseverb
pass by;
Elapseverb
(of time) pass or go by
