The difference between Lapse and Mistake

Lapse as a noun:

A temporary failure; a slip.

Lapse as a noun:

A decline or fall in standards.

Lapse as a noun:

A pause in continuity.

Lapse as a noun:

An interval of time between events.

Lapse as a noun:

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

Lapse as a noun (meteorology):

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

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.

Lapse as a noun (theology):

A fall or apostasy.

Lapse as a verb (intransitive):

To fall away gradually; to subside.

Lapse as a verb (intransitive):

To fall into error or heresy.

Lapse as a verb:

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

Lapse as a verb (intransitive):

To become void.

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.

Mistake as a noun:

An error; a blunder.

Mistake as a noun (baseball):

A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

Mistake as a verb (transitive):

To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

Mistake as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To misunderstand (someone).

Mistake as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

Mistake as a verb (obsolete, rare):

To take or choose wrongly.