different between lapse vs interruption
lapse
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)
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- Synonyms: blooper, gaffe, thinko; see also Thesaurus:error
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
- Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium; see also Thesaurus:pause
- An interval of time between events.
- Synonyms: between-time, gap; see also Thesaurus:interim
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- (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.
- (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)
- (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
- (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- (intransitive) To become void.
- 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
- indefinite plural of laps
Estonian
Noun
lapse
- genitive singular of laps
Latin
Participle
l?pse
- vocative masculine singular of l?psus
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interruption
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt????p??n/
- Rhymes: -?p??n
Noun
interruption (countable and uncountable, plural interruptions)
- The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
- A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
Synonyms
- (time interval): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
Translations
See also
- dead air
French
Etymology
From Old French interrupcion, borrowed from Latin interruptio, interruptionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t?.?yp.sj??/
Noun
interruption f (plural interruptions)
- interruption
Related terms
- interrompre
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