The difference between Blooper and Lapse
When used as nouns, blooper means a blunder, an error, whereas lapse means a temporary failure.
Lapse is also verb with the meaning: to fall away gradually.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blooper and Lapse
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Blooper as a noun (informal):
A blunder, an error.
Examples:
"synonyms boo-boo faux pas fluff gaffe lapse mistake slip stumble Thesaurus:error"
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Blooper as a noun (baseball, slang):
A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.
Examples:
"synonyms banjo hit flare Texas leaguer"
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Blooper as a noun (film, informal):
A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.
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Blooper as a noun (nautical):
A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker.
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Blooper as a noun (US, dated):
A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).
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Lapse as a noun:
A temporary failure; a slip.
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Lapse as a noun:
A decline or fall in standards.
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Lapse as a noun:
A pause in continuity.
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Lapse as a noun:
An interval of time between events.
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Lapse as a noun:
A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
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Lapse as a noun (meteorology):
A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
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Lapse as a noun (legal):
A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
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Lapse as a noun (theology):
A fall or apostasy.
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Lapse as a verb (intransitive):
To fall away gradually; to subside.
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Lapse as a verb (intransitive):
To fall into error or heresy.
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Lapse as a verb:
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
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Lapse as a verb (intransitive):
To become void.
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Lapse as a verb:
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.