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lose vs drop

drop vs lose

lose is not a noun while drop is a noun.

lose and drop both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lose No No Yes No
drop Yes No Yes No
As verbs, drop is a hyponym of lose; that is, drop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lose:
  • lose: fail to win
  • drop: lose (a game)
Other hyponyms of lose include go down, remain down, take the count, drop one's serve.
lose (noun) drop (noun)
the act of dropping something
a central depository where things can be left or picked up
a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
a steep high face of rock
a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
a shape that is spherical and small
lose (verb) drop (verb)
be set at a disadvantage give birth; used for animals
withdraw, as from reality grow progressively worse
fail to win go down in value
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal stop pursuing or acting
allow to go out of sight or mind change from one level to another
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind lower the pitch of (musical notes)
fail to get or obtain fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
miss from one's possessions; lose sight of leave undone or leave out
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit utter with seeming casualness
lose (a game)
take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
to remove
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
let or cause to fall in drops
to fall vertically
let fall to the ground
fall or descend to a lower place or level
pay out
stop associating with
terminate an association with
hang loosely
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