Relapse vs Delapse - What's the difference?
relapse | delapse |
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.
(obsolete) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
In obsolete terms the difference between relapse and delapse
is that relapse is one who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider while delapse is to pass down by inheritance; to lapse.As verbs the difference between relapse and delapse
is that relapse is to fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice while delapse is to pass down by inheritance; to lapse.As a noun relapse
is the act or situation of relapsing.relapse
English
Verb
(relaps)- (Dryden)
Noun
(en noun)- Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen! — Milton.
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English
Verb
(delaps)- Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, / Of the delapsed crown from Philip. — Drayton.