different between abnormality vs lapse

English

Etymology

abnormal +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb?n???mæl.?t.i/, /?æb?n???mæl.?t.i/, /?æb?n??mæl.?t.i/, /?æb?n??mæl.?t.i/

Noun

abnormality (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalities)

1. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
2. Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Synonyms

• (state of being abnormal): abnormalcy, anomalousness, enormity, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
• (something abnormal): aberrant, deviant, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly

Antonyms

• normality

Related terms

• abnormalcy
• abnormalism
• abnormity

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Middle French laps, from Latin l?psus, from l?b? (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /læps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

lapse (plural lapses)

1. A temporary failure; a slip.

   Synonyms: blooper, gaffe, thinko; see also Thesaurus:error
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.

   Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium; see also Thesaurus:pause

4. An interval of time between events.

   Synonyms: between-time, gap; see also Thesaurus:interim
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. (law) 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.
8. (theology) A fall or apostasy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lapsarian

Translations

Verb

lapse (third-person singular simple present lapses, present participle lapsing, simple past and past participle lapsed)

1. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
2. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
4. (intransitive) To become void.
5. 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.

Anagrams

• ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape, spale

Danish

Noun

lapse c

1. indefinite plural of laps

Estonian

Noun

lapse

1. genitive singular of laps

Latin

Participle

l?pse

1. vocative masculine singular of l?psus