Elapsed vs Passed - What's the difference?
elapsed | passed |
(elapse)
(of time) To pass or move by.
(pass)
That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
As verbs the difference between elapsed and passed
is that elapsed is past tense of elapse while passed is past tense of pass.As an adjective passed is
that has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).elapsed
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(elaps)- He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.
- Several days elapsed before they met again.