loss vs death

loss and death both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
loss	Yes	No	No	No
death	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, death is a hypernym of loss; that is, death is a word with a broader meaning than loss:

loss: euphemistic expressions for death
death: the event of dying or departure from life

Other hypernyms of loss include decease, expiry.

loss (noun)	death (noun)
the act of losing someone or something	the act of killing
the disadvantage that results from losing something	the event of dying or departure from life
military personnel lost by death or capture	the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
the experience of losing a loved one	the absence of life or state of being dead
euphemistic expressions for death	a final state
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue	the time when something ends
something that is lost	the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
gradual decline in amount or activity

Difference between loss and death

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