lose vs drop one's serve

lose and drop one's serve both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lose	No	No	Yes	No
drop one's serve	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drop one's serve is a hyponym of lose; that is, drop one's serve is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lose:

lose: fail to win
drop one's serve: lose a game in which one is serving

Other hyponyms of lose include go down, drop, remain down, take the count.

lose (verb)	drop one's serve (verb)
be set at a disadvantage	lose a game in which one is serving
withdraw, as from reality
fail to win
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
allow to go out of sight or mind
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
fail to get or obtain
miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

lose vs drop one's serve

lose and drop one's serve both are verbs.

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