lapse vs mistake

mistake vs lapse

lapse and mistake both are nouns.

lapse and mistake both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lapse	Yes	No	Yes	No
mistake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mistake is a hypernym of lapse; that is, mistake is a word with a broader meaning than lapse:

lapse: a mistake resulting from inattention
mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of lapse include error, fault.

lapse (noun)	mistake (noun)
a mistake resulting from inattention	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a failure to maintain a higher state	an understanding of something that is not correct
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something	part of a statement that is not correct

lapse (verb)	mistake (verb)
go back to bad behavior	to make a mistake or be incorrect
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards	identify incorrectly
end, at least for a long time
for time to move forward
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
let slip

Difference between lapse and mistake

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