elapse vs march on

elapse and march on both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elapse	No	No	Yes	No
march on	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, march on is a hypernym of elapse; that is, march on is a word with a broader meaning than elapse:

Other hypernyms of elapse include advance, go on, move on, pass on, progress.

elapse (verb)	march on (verb)
for time to move forward	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense