The difference between Faux pas and Lapse

When used as nouns, faux pas means an embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts), whereas lapse means a temporary failure.

Lapse is also verb with the meaning: to fall away gradually.

check bellow for the other definitions of Faux pas and Lapse

  1. Faux pas as a noun:

    An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.

  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.

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