lapse vs stop

lapse and stop both are nouns.

lapse and stop both are verbs.

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

As verbs, stop is a hypernym of lapse; that is, stop is a word with a broader meaning than lapse:

lapse: end, at least for a long time
stop: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Other hypernyms of lapse include cease, end, finish, terminate.

lapse (noun)	stop (noun)
a mistake resulting from inattention	the act of stopping something
a failure to maintain a higher state	a brief stay in the course of a journey
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something	a restraint that checks the motion of something
	an obstruction in a pipe or tube
	a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
	(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
	a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
	a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
	the event of something ending
	a spot where something halts or pauses
	the state of inactivity following an interruption

lapse (verb)	stop (verb)
go back to bad behavior	prevent completion
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
end, at least for a long time	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
for time to move forward	seize on its way
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into	render unsuitable for passage
let slip	come to a halt, stop moving
	cause to end
	interrupt a trip
	stop from happening or developing
	put an end to a state or an activity
	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Difference between lapse and stop

Words related to "stop"

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