Lapsed vs. Elapsed — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lapsed and Elapsed
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Lapsed
No longer active or practicing
A lapsed Catholic.
A lapsed club member.
Elapsed
To slip by; pass
Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating.
Lapsed
Simple past tense and past participle of lapse
Elapsed
Passage; lapse
An elapse of many years.
Lapsed
; having ceased or gone out of use.
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Elapsed
Simple past tense and past participle of elapse
Lapsed
(of a person) Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith.
Elapsed
(of time) having passed or slipped by;
Elapsed time
Lapsed
(jocular) By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.
Lapsed
Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed.
Lapsed
Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; - restricted to figurative uses.
Once more I will renewHis lapsed powers, though forfeit.
Lapsed
Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
Lapsed
No longer active or practicing;
A lapsed Catholic
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