Aberration vs Lapse - What's the difference?
aberration | lapse | Synonyms |
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
(astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
A partial alienation of reason.
* Lingard:
* I. Taylor:
A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
(zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
A temporary failure; a slip.
* Rogers
A decline or fall in standards.
* Rambler
A pause in continuity.
An interval of time between events.
* I. Taylor
A termination of a right etc, through disuse or neglect.
(weather) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air. This condition usually occurs when skies are clear and between 1100 and 1600 hours, local time. Strong convection currents exist during lapse conditions. For chemical operations, the state is defined as unstable. This condition is normally considered the most unfavorable for the release of chemical agents. See lapse rate.
(legal) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is ed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
(theology) A fall or apostasy.
To fall away gradually; to subside.
* Jonathan Swift
* Addison
To fall into error or heresy.
* Shakespeare
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
To become void.
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
* Ayliffe
Aberration is a synonym of lapse.
As nouns the difference between aberration and lapse
is that aberration is aberration (deviation) while lapse is .aberration
English
(wikipedia aberration)Noun
(en noun)- the aberration''' of youth'', '''''aberrations''' from theory'', '''''aberration of character
- Occasional aberrations of intellect.
- Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form.
Derived terms
* spherical aberration * aberrationalReferences
lapse
English
Noun
(en noun)- to guard against those lapses and failings to which our infirmities daily expose us
- The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible.
- Francis Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame.
Synonyms
* blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, mistake, slip, stumble, thinkoDerived terms
* time-lapse (common law rule) * anti-lapseVerb
(laps)- a tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended
- Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, has lapsed into the burlesque character.
- To lapse in fullness / Is sorer than to lie for need.
- If the archbishop shall not fill it up within six months ensuing, it lapses to the king.