climb vs lapse

climb

noun
  • An upwards struggle 

  • The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. 

  • An act of climbing. 

verb
  • To mount; to move upwards on. 

  • To move to a higher position on the social ladder. 

  • to jump high 

  • Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something. 

  • To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet. 

  • to practise the sport of climbing 

  • To scale; to get to the top of something. 

  • To ascend; rise; to go up. 

lapse

noun
  • A temporary failure; a slip. 

  • A decline or fall in standards. 

  • 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. 

  • A pause in continuity. 

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

  • A fall or apostasy. 

  • An interval of time between events. 

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

  • memory lapse 

verb
  • To fall away gradually; to subside. 

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

  • To become void. 

  • To fall into error or heresy. 

  • 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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