Degenerate and Lapse

Degenerate

Degenerate verb - To become worse or of less value.

Lapse is a synonym for degenerate in decline topic. In some cases you can use "Lapse" instead a verb "Degenerate", when it comes to topics like deteriorate, decay, fall back.

Lapse

Lapse verb - To come to an end.

Degenerate is a synonym for lapse in slip topic. You can use "Degenerate" instead a verb "Lapse", if it concerns topics such as deteriorate, fall back, become void.

Nearby Words: lapsed, lapsing, lapsus

How words are described

complete complete degenerate complete lapse
moral moral degenerate moral lapse

Common collocations

time degenerate time lapse time
game degenerate game lapse game
times degenerate times lapse times
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