stop vs lapse

stop and lapse both are nouns.

stop and lapse both are verbs.

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

As verbs, lapse is a hyponym of stop; that is, lapse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stop:

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

Other hyponyms of stop include pass away, cut out, go out, adjourn, break up, recess, disappear, vanish, climax, culminate, run out, go, run low, run short, disappear, go away, vanish, close, conclude, come out, turn out, discontinue, break.

stop (noun)	lapse (noun)
the act of stopping something	a mistake resulting from inattention
a brief stay in the course of a journey	a failure to maintain a higher state
a restraint that checks the motion of something	a break or intermission in the occurrence 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

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

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