Development and Lapse

Development

Development noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.
Usage example: the development of an idea into a marketable product

Lapse is an antonym for development.

Lapse

Lapse noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.

Development is an antonym for lapse.

Nearby Words: lapsed, lapsing, lapsus

How words are described

long long development long lapse
similar similar development similar lapse
genuine genuine development genuine lapse
single single development single lapse
Other adjectives: serious, little, moral, major, mental, subsequent, eventual, recent.
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