Elapses vs Relapses - What's the difference?
elapses | relapses |
(elapse)
(of time) To pass or move by.
(relapse)
To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
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(intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated.
To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
The act or situation of relapsing.
(medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
(obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
As verbs the difference between elapses and relapses
is that elapses is (elapse) while relapses is (relapse).elapses
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*elapse
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(elaps)- He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.
- Several days elapsed before they met again.
Anagrams
* * ----relapses
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*relapse
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(relaps)- (Dryden)
Noun
(en noun)- Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen! — Milton.
