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

  1. Blooper as a noun (informal):

    A blunder, an error.

    Examples:

    "synonyms boo-boo faux pas fluff gaffe lapse mistake slip stumble Thesaurus:error"

  2. Blooper as a noun (baseball, slang):

    A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.

    Examples:

    "synonyms banjo hit flare Texas leaguer"

  3. Blooper as a noun (film, informal):

    A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake.

  4. 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.

  5. Blooper as a noun (US, dated):

    A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly).

  1. Lapse as a noun:

    A temporary failure; a slip.

  2. Lapse as a noun:

    A decline or fall in standards.

  3. Lapse as a noun:

    A pause in continuity.

  4. Lapse as a noun:

    An interval of time between events.

  5. Lapse as a noun:

    A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

  6. Lapse as a noun (meteorology):

    A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.

  7. 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.

  8. Lapse as a noun (theology):

    A fall or apostasy.

  1. Lapse as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall away gradually; to subside.

  2. Lapse as a verb (intransitive):

    To fall into error or heresy.

  3. Lapse as a verb:

    To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.

  4. Lapse as a verb (intransitive):

    To become void.

  5. 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.