lose vs misplace

lose and misplace both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lose	No	No	Yes	No
misplace	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, misplace is a hyponym of lose; that is, misplace is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lose:

Other hyponyms of lose include mislay.

lose (verb)	misplace (verb)
be set at a disadvantage	place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
withdraw, as from reality	place (something) where one cannot find it again
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