transgress vs drop the ball

drop the ball vs transgress

transgress and drop the ball both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transgress	No	No	Yes	No
drop the ball	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drop the ball is a hyponym of transgress; that is, drop the ball is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than transgress:

transgress: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
drop the ball: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

Other hyponyms of transgress include sin, transgress, trespass, blunder, boob, goof, sin, conflict, contravene, infringe, run afoul, trespass, intrude, trespass.

transgress (verb)	drop the ball (verb)
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)	commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

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