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Lapsed vs. Elapsed — What's the Difference?

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No longer active or practicing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No longer active or practicing;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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