Care
Care noun - Strict attentiveness to what one is doing.
Lapse
Lapse noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.
How words are described
| common | common care | common lapse |
| complete | complete care | complete lapse |
| certain | certain care | certain lapse |
| genuine | genuine care | genuine lapse |
| Other adjectives: single, large, serious, little, mental, sole, apparent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They attend trade union meetings and communist dance gatherings but neither of them actually care about the issues and eventually they lapse back and become the idle rich who sit back while fascists run the country.
Source: Film / Novecento
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